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Gillberg's blog
Welcome to the world's first ESSENCE blog!
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Each week Christopher Gillberg and his team of experts offer their opinions on the latest happenings in the world of neuropsychiatry and mental health (ESSENCE). We do hope you enjoy our blog and we hope you find our thoughts interesting.
- Children also have brains by Ola Skjeldal25 February, 2021
- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Child- and adolescent psychiatry – past, present and future by Geir Øgrim17 December, 2020
- “Won’t somebody please think of the adults?” by Gunilla Westman Andersson4 November, 2020
- Can autonomy become neglect? by Lena Nylander15 October, 2020
- What have twin studies taught us about ESSENCE conditions *? by Lisa Dinkler19 August, 2020
- Missed appointments – what do they signify and do they matter? by Phil Wilson7 May, 2020
- Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Courtroom: Considerations and Implications by Clare Allely4 March, 2020
- What is happening to autism diagnoses – and why? by Lena Nylander4 February, 2020
- From ‘Aphasia voluntaria’ to ‘Selective Mutism’ by Eva Kocovska15 January, 2020
- Diagnosing intellectual disability23 October, 2019
- Language disorders and autism – what is what or is it both?7 October, 2019
- Anorexia Nervosa Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Metabo-Psychiatric Origins: Personal Reflections of the Lead Principal Investigator25 September, 2019
- Can Movement Identify Neuropsychiatric Disorder?10 September, 2019
- Dean Falk versus Herwig Czech: Asperger was not a Nazi26 August, 2019
- Cut the crap!19 August, 2019
- Fire-setting and Arson in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder13 August, 2019
- Bullies26 June, 2019
- Create opportunities in daily activities for toddlers with autism12 June, 2019
- ADHD Likely Reduces Estimated Life Expectancy by Young Adulthood by Dr. Russell Barkley22 May, 2019
- Diagnosing diversity13 May, 2019
- Personality disorder – real or unreal?6 May, 2019
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, can touch cause my self-esteem to fall?10 April, 2019
- Whose shoes?2 April, 2019
- Impaired or different?27 March, 2019
- Help me. I’m a parent!18 March, 2019
- What do you know about autism?13 March, 2019
- Help kids who miss school!19 February, 2019
- Siblings of children with autism – heroes with needs of their own12 February, 2019
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and ESSENCE: a complex story5 February, 2019
- A good life for adults with autism and intellectual disability29 January, 2019
- Trauma in Autism Spectrum Disorders22 January, 2019
- What is a syndrome, really?18 January, 2019
- Autism Spectrum Disorders and Psychotherapy16 October, 2018
- Cannabis is riding high – won’t someone please think of the children?9 October, 2018
- Gone baby gone2 October, 2018
- Why ESSENCE is essential25 September, 2018
- We need to talk about intelligence18 September, 2018
- Do autism and anorexia nervosa have any eating behaviours in common?11 September, 2018
- National Guidelines4 September, 2018
- The role of autism symptomatology in certain specific child pornography offences28 August, 2018
- Don’t forget-Tourette!21 August, 2018
- Behaviour 2.014 August, 2018
- Let’s dance – joy in movement without demands on performance7 August, 2018
- A response to the book Asperger’s Children by Edith Sheffer31 July, 2018
- Mind the Gap24 July, 2018
- Can we break out of our academic comfort zone?17 July, 2018
- Can lack of babbling predict ESSENCE?10 July, 2018
- Summer, summer, summertime3 July, 2018
- Think of our schools as nursery gardens26 June, 2018
- Hans Asperger and his syndrome19 June, 2018
- Hey kid!!12 June, 2018
- Moving and minds5 June, 2018
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler!29 May, 2018
- Mind and body22 May, 2018
- Children with autism grow up, adults with autism grow old15 May, 2018
- Let our patients develop and mature in their own time!7 May, 2018
- Hypersensitivity — fashion but not (yet) science27 March, 2018
- Measuring autism in girls and boys20 March, 2018
- Genes – future scenarios14 March, 2018
- Psychologists and psychiatrists have to work together6 March, 2018
- Sexual Offending Behaviours: Urgent Need for ‘Autism Sensitive Risk Assessment Guide’27 February, 2018
- Students with poor mental health: The student health team should be the very first line of support20 February, 2018
- PATHOLOGICAL/EXTREME DEMAND AVOIDANCE (PDA/EDA)14 February, 2018
- ADHD in girls -an historical review focusing on the 1990’s7 February, 2018
- The search for etiological diagnoses30 January, 2018
- Confusing empathy23 January, 2018
- Black or white16 January, 2018
- Diagnosis and the problem of how we view knowledge9 January, 2018
- Gone Asperger Gone?5 December, 2017
- Can one have autism without anyone noticing?28 November, 2017
- We need to talk about suicide21 November, 2017
- Children of mothers with mild intellectual disability: What do we know? What are we doing?14 November, 2017
- Taking Autism Apart7 November, 2017
- Focus on the child in front of you, today31 October, 2017
- Child Health Checks: why do we do them?24 October, 2017
- Promoting mental health in childhood through gender diversity awareness17 October, 2017
- The sun is shining, not burning, in the sky10 October, 2017
- Special educators in health care services – YES PLEASE!3 October, 2017
- ESSENCE or trauma?26 September, 2017
- One with nature?19 September, 2017
- Is the brain part of the body?12 September, 2017
- “Carmela’s way”5 September, 2017
- The increase in autism prevalence29 August, 2017
- We are such klutzes22 August, 2017
- Autistic Pride15 August, 2017
- Help families find their way around the health care maze – rebuild the system!8 August, 2017
- Reality fragmented3 August, 2017
- Eye-to-eye25 July, 2017
- Lone Wolf Terrorism: Vulnerabilities and Risks in Autism18 July, 2017
- A one-armed or two-armed school psychologist, that is the question?4 July, 2017
- The Magic Flute – on the difficulty of getting diagnosis and treatment right27 June, 2017
- Stop saying neuropsychiatry?!20 June, 2017
- All that glitters is not gold13 June, 2017
- Biomarkers can lead to better treatment6 June, 2017
- Succeeding in school!30 May, 2017
- Is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) a real disorder?23 May, 2017
- Patient-oriented care – All talk and no action?16 May, 2017
- Urgent Need for an Autism Screening Tool which is not Male-Biased9 May, 2017
- Stop the religious belief in ADI/ADOS!2 May, 2017
- “Together we are strong”… or perhaps just on our own?
The purpose of the blog is to provide information and raise awareness concerning important issues. All views and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily shared by the GNC.