Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2025 Jun;48(2):343-360. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2025.01.010. Epub 2025 Mar 4.
ABSTRACT
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental psychiatric condition that shares significant clinical and genetic overlap with intellectualdisability (ID) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Genetic testingin ASD lags far behind that for ID, even though Professional Societiesrecommend genetic testing for all ASD individuals and insurance reimbursement is relatively good. The core competencies for child and adolescent psychiatrists include determining the etiology and diagnosisfor all childhood psychopathology, including ID and ASD. Child psychiatrists should recommend and order genetic testing by exomeor genome sequencing on all children with ASD.
PMID:40348422 | DOI:10.1016/j.psc.2025.01.010
