Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022

Kelly Shaw, Susan P. Williams, Mary Patrick, Miguel Valencia‐Prado, Maureen S. Durkin, Ellen M. Howerton, et al.
MMWR Surveillance Summaries Summary & key facts 2025 357 citations

This CDC report looked at how common autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was in 2022 at 16 U.S. sites and how early children were identified. Across those sites, 8-year-old children had ASD at a rate of 32.2 per 1,000 (about one in 31). The report found big differences by sex, race…

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Family and Disability Support Research
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