The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R)

• By: Edward R. Ritvo, MD Riva Ariella Ritvo, PhD Max Ritvo
• July 1st, 2011
• assessment, diagnosis, diagnostic scale
• 17073    1

A Scale to Assist the Diagnosis of Autistic Disorder in Adults 18 Years and Older The RAADS-R is an eighty item scale specifically designed to assist clinicians diagnosing Autistic Disorder (AD) in adults eighteen years and older. It contains a total of eighty questions. Sixty-four short...

Abnormal Micro-RNA: A Possible Cause of ASD and Schizophrenia

• By: Edward R. Ritvo, MD UCLA School of Medicine
• January 1st, 2010
• micro-RNA, research, schizophrenia, science
• 1256    0

Key Concept: Abnormal micro-RNA programming disrupts early brain development causing autistic spectrum disorder, characterized by delays, plateaus and spurts of brain development. Similar abnormal micro-RNA programming disrupts brain development during adolescence causing schizophrenia,...