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Looking back over NIMH related events these past few months, one might wonder if this has been Autism Spring: a White House meeting, unprecedented press coverage, and a series of highprofile papers published over the past two months that have implications for mental disorders like schizophrenia and mood disorders.
Abstract
Looking back over NIMH related events these past few months, one might wonder if this has been Autism Spring. It has certainly been a busy season for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a White House meeting, unprecedented press coverage, and the largest International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) to date. But perhaps most exciting has been the early scientific harvest evident in a series of highprofile papers published over the past two months. Some of these discoveries with autism have implications for mental disorders like schizophrenia and mood disorders, which increasingly are being addressed as neurodevelopmental disorders.