"Kernberg & Linehan: Two Approaches to the Borderline Patient" by Charles Swenson (1989) One of the earliest (if not the earliest!) direct comparison of Otto Kernberg's TFP and Marsha Linehan's DBT Allen Frances marvin goldfried Richard Gipps Mark L. Ruffalo guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.152…

P.S. For a much later, but very useful addition see: guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/pe…

"autistic features are common in schizophrenia; autistic features are found both in behaviours and experiences" thelancet.com/journals/lanps… The overlapping - clashing - spectrums.

Have not thought about this - really useful!

So much global research, yet we still have to repeat: no link between vaccines and autism. When will the lessons stick? Powerful editorial by Sheffali Gulati & team in Autism Journal - thank you. Open access here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Individuals with cannabis use disorder showed elevated midbrain dopamine function, potentially linking cannabis use to an increased risk of psychosis. ja.ma/44pyTpr

Longitudinal study of autistic adults "did not find evidence that camouflaging was followed by an increase in mental health difficulties" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… "one needs to be cautious with drawing strong conclusions about direct effects of camouflaging on mental health..."

Please support our CAMH study on clinicians’ perspectives of social coping across neurodivergent and specific mental health conditions. See post and study link from Louisa Man below.

Among autistics diagnosed as adults (N=2799; N=912 are female, 32.6%)--49.4% also had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, 48.3% bipolar disorder, 42.9% personality disorder, 33.2% intellectual disability, 20.4% ADHD, 8.4% OCD, 3.7% Tourette's? jneurodevdisorders.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… data from Quebec

Thank you Amanda! Great to talk to you at #OCDCon! If you or a loved one have OCD, please check out all the great resources on the International OCD Foundation website: iocdf.org

"parent–child similarity in autism and ADHD traits may act as a protective or broader positive influence on children’s early development of social functioning and psychological wellbeing"? acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc… based on self-report (parents) & parent-report (children), free

Excited to share this CMAJ "Practice: Five Ways to Support..." KT piece led by two brilliant CAMH Research post-docs Louisa Man AdelineLacroix on how providers can support #autistic individuals receiving health care. cmaj.ca/content/197/25…

Grateful for this positive review of “Conversations in Critical Psychiatry” in the British Journal of Psychiatry by Tom Harrison.   Aftab “condenses an understanding of psychiatry that everyone working in the field would benefit from”   cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Please share widely this series of visual summary of health care support for #autistic patients, led by Louisa Man AdelineLacroix at CAMH Research and CAMH, from a recent CMAJ piece.

🚨Attention postdoctoral researchers and students! CAMH has launched our 2026 Postdoctoral Research Award Competitions, reflecting an investment in the future generation of world-class #researchers in #mentalhealth. ⤵️Learn more and apply today: camh.ca/-/media/Resear…

Autistics on their strengths journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… "61% of participants reported strengths in Cognitive & Executive Functioning... The high level of endorsement is notable, considering that many autistic individuals also exhibit & report challenges with executive functioning"

CAIM ("complementary, alternative & integrative medicine") in autism?--umbrella review, free nature.com/articles/s4156… "In addition to the generally... low levels of evidence supporting most CAIMs, a critical finding was that safety assessments were missing for most interventions"

It's a great pleasure to get involved in analyzing one of the rare total-population-based data registries in the world with this amazing team at #Taiwan. Physical health of autistic children requires lots of attention. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/au…

In this first episode of Inside CAMH, Sarah and Dr. Yona Lunsky chat about how they support autistic people with their mental health. What mental health topic should we discuss next? Let us know in the comments. #NoOneLeftBehind #Neurodiversity

Very glad to work on this reflection piece with the amazing ECRs at CAMH Research University of Toronto UofTPsychiatry. We hope this Autism Journal editorial can stimulate more reflections and conversations.