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PubMed1989

Birth seasonality in developmentally disabled children.

26 children with diagnoses of autism and 22 children with diagnoses of childhood schizophrenia or a variant thereof were compared on the variable of winter birth. Analyses showed that autistic children had a higher proportion of winter births than schizophrenic children. These findings are related to other research linking winter birth to negative-syndrome adult schizophrenia.

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PubMed2026

Family functioning and psychiatric outcomes in children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities caused by rare genetic mutations.

BACKGROUND: A range of rare chromosomal micro-deletions or -duplications (Copy Number Variants - CNVs) are associated with high risk of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions (ND-CNVs). There is great individual variability in outcomes, but we lack insights into the contributing social factors, including family functioning. METHODS: Caregivers of 598 children and young people (CYP) with a range of 16 ND-CNVs and 222 siblings without ND-CNVs (controls) completed questionnaires on overall family climate (cohesion and conflict) as well as caregiver-CYP relationship warmth and hostility and took part in a research diagnostic interview about CYPs' psychiatric symptoms. CYPs' intelligence quotient (IQ) was also measured. RESULTS: Comparisons with published data from neurotypical families indicated that families affected by ND-CNVs are characterised by higher family cohesion and conflict as well as lower caregiver-CYP warmth and hostility. Symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder reduced more steeply in CYP with ND-CNVs compared to controls with increasing family cohesion (interaction effect: β = -0.14, p = 4.65 × 10-2). In contrast, they rose more steeply with increasing family conflict (interaction effect: β = 0.18, p = 1.05 × 10-2). Furthermore, symptoms of mood disorder increased more steeply with increased caregiver-CYP hostility in CYP with ND-CNVs (interaction effect: β = 0.15, p = 4.55 × 10-2). CONCLUSIONS: Raising a CYP with a rare genetic condition is challenging. Timely access to interventions that support caregivers in fostering a positive family environment may reduce behavioural difficulties in CYP, with subsequent benefits for family functioning.

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PubMed1992

Sexually Related Health Care for Developmentally Disabled Adolescents.

The authors elucidate the role of parents, educators, and health care providers in assisting adolescents with physical disabilities and/or mental retardation in understanding their sexuality and related issues such as contraception, gynecologic care, and sterilization.

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