1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

May 13, 2012 CHICAGO – One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That’s a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the...

Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer’s

May 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer’s Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease. PsycPORT: Psychology...

Time magazine cover: What’s it trying to do?

May 11, 2012 May 11–The cover of the latest Time magazine illustrates a story about 72-year-old pediatrician Dr. William Sears with a photo of a nearly 4-year-old boy standing and suckling at the breast of his 26-year-old mother. PsycPORT: Psychology...

Artist’s portraits a glimpse into the world of autisim

May 09, 2012 May 09–”I wanted everybody to see the child differently than they did the day before.” PsycPORT: Psychology...

Congress may OK funds for veterans court system

May 08, 2012 May 08–WASHINGTON — Federal funding could be on the way for veterans treatment courts that have recently sprouted up across the country, including in Pittsburgh. PsycPORT: Psychology...

How do controversial revisions in psychiatry’s guidebook make you feel?

May 04, 2012 May 04–When upward of 10,000 members of the American Psychiatric Association meet here this weekend, they’ll be met by protesters — there are always protesters — and tough questions about where their profession is headed and how it will define normalcy for the rest of...