Male and Female BTBR Mice Showed Different Autism-Like Behavioral Patterns
A small 2026 mouse study found that male and female BTBR mice differed in motor learning, social approach and habit-related tasks. The…
Study Finds Later Sleep Timing and More Night Waking Among Preschool Autistic Children
A Guangzhou study found that autistic children under 6 slept slightly less, went to sleep later and were more likely to wake…
EEG Machine-Learning Study Shows Promise for ADHD Classification—but Not Diagnosis
A 2026 study classified children with and without ADHD from EEG recordings with up to 81% accuracy, but the researchers describe the…
Childhood Brain-Fiber Differences Were Linked With Teen Depression Scores in a Small Study
A longitudinal study of 76 children found that a larger childhood uncinate fasciculus was associated with higher depression symptom scores during adolescence,…
Autism and ADHD Show Distinct Resting-Brain Connectivity Pattern in Small Study
A 2026 analysis of resting-state MRI scans found weaker connectivity in several brain-region pairs among autistic participants with ADHD compared with autistic…
Why maternal mental health research needs a larger, fairer investment
A peer-reviewed Comment in Nature Mental Health says maternal mental health remains underfunded and understudied, and calls for broader research into stress…
Saudi Survey Finds No Clear Link Between Ultra-Processed Food Intake and Quality of Life in Children With ADHD
A small cross-sectional study of 128 Saudi children and teenagers with ADHD found no significant association between the share of calories from…
EEG Study Finds More Complex Resting Brain Signals in Autistic Children
A 2026 study of 186 children in Beijing found higher resting EEG complexity among autistic children, with patterns differing by age and…
Call grows for suicide-prevention training across England’s councils after carer’s death
Andy Burnham has backed a proposal to extend mandatory suicide-prevention training to every local authority in England following the death of parent-carer…
Mark Allen says 10-week mental health clinic stay came before snooker return
Mark Allen has described returning to competition after 10 weeks in a mental health clinic, saying he remains in recovery and is…
Japanese Hospital Study Finds Treatment Resistance in Nearly Three in 10 Assessed Schizophrenia Patients
A nationwide analysis found that 28.6% of assessed inpatients with schizophrenia met Japan’s criteria for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, while fewer than half were…
What a new eating-disorder study found about autism, ADHD and AuDHD
A routine-data study from a specialist adult eating-disorder service found that patients with co-occurring autism and ADHD reported greater distress and disruption…