By Alma
Dzib Goodin, Kathleen Slovec, & Linda Sanders
Epidemiological
studies of the United States, show an increase in the number of cases related
to the autism spectrum disorders, ranging 4 in 10 000 children in 1960 to 1 in 88 children at 2008. This data are attracting attention
of many proffesional, because the question around is if there is a pandemic or
if the dagnosis has being used arbitrarily.
Three
lines of research are pinpointing that the answer is that without a doubt,
there is an inexplicable tendency to mental health professionals to
indiscriminately use the word "Autism", which has made raising the
voices of professionals who claim that such practice is destroying our children.
The first
line of research began around 1990, with studies which have formed a large
group of data related to the neurovirologia, whose studies are based on the
proteome (study of the proteins) and the relationship between the presence of
virus, bacteria and mental disorders.
Several
studies worldwide have been written, documenting the effect of several viruses
and bacteria on the brain, and also allowed to understand that the blood-brain
barrier is not infallible to protect the brains in formation in the womb.
The
attention have been on maternal, perinatal and intra hospital infections, whose effects,depending
on the moment in which they are acquired and their infection capacity, may have
sequelae along short, mid and long-term in children brain.
Some of
the effects studied are seizures, language disorders, cognitive, learning
disorders, motor development, and has long term, has been linked them with
schizophrenia.
The second
line of research focuses on bacterias, especially those located in the stomach and
the effect on mental processes. Studies have come to change antidepressants for
some patients by pro biotic.
The third
call took place some months ago and it was given by the director of the
National Institute of Mental Health in the United States, who announced that
this Institute would add to the already known diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders (DSM), research in areas of neuroimaging, genetics,
biology, cognitive science and behavioural to provide better services and
diagnoses to patients.
In general
the field of the study of the autism spectrum disorders, has been dominated by
psychiatry for many years, proof of this is its inclusion in the DSM, but if it’s
analysed with care, it is possible to find many other disorders that fall into
the criteria of diagnosis, which is based on 3 principles: difficulties in
communicationin the socialization and repetitive and stereotyped behaviors.
This same
difficulties can be found in children with viral infections, metabolic
disorders such as disorder in glucose storage, immune system disorders, and
inflammatory responses.
Mental
health, should not be a political issue, should be a subject of professional
research, because finally the development of biomarkers or viral tests that
allow specific treatment is cheaper than all the drugs currently used in the
long term.
This is a
voice for children with developmental disorders and their families. You deserve
the best care that can be provided to them and can be sure that neither genetic
nor brain disorders are destination, children can learn.
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