Unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions in people with autism

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Unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions in people with autism   Some individuals love meeting new people, while others abhor the idea. For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such as fear and anxiety.

Problems in how the brain recognizes and processes novel information underlie psychosis   Problems in how the brain recognizes and processes novel information lie at the root of psychosis, researchers from the University of Cambridge and King's College London have found.         Electronic interventions more effective than face to face psychotherapy   Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered electronically to treat people with depression is more effective than face to face, suggests an evidence review led by McMaster University.         Individuals exposed to early life stress more likely to develop youth-onset depression   A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that individuals exposed to early life stress (ELS) were more likely to develop a major depressive disorder (MDD) in childhood or adolescence than individuals who had not been exposed to ELS.         Apathy not depression offers an important early warning sign of dementia   Apathy offers an important early warning sign of dementia in individuals with cerebrovascular disease, but depression does not, new research led by the University of Cambridge suggests.

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