Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

It is unclear if rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in transgender and gender-diverse individuals compared to cisgender individuals. Here, the authors use data from five different large-scale datasets to identify elevated rates of autism diagnoses, di...

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Main Authors:	Varun Warrier, David M. Greenberg, Elizabeth Weir, Clara Buckingham, Paula Smith, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17794-1

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spelling	doaj-dd00e9d0dd5640f6912b7eb0e7efff2a2021-08-08T11:38:24ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-08-0111111210.1038/s41467-020-17794-1Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individualsVarun Warrier0David M. Greenberg1Elizabeth Weir2Clara Buckingham3Paula Smith4Meng-Chuan Lai5Carrie Allison6Simon Baron-Cohen7Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeIt is unclear if rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in transgender and gender-diverse individuals compared to cisgender individuals. Here, the authors use data from five different large-scale datasets to identify elevated rates of autism diagnoses, diagnoses of other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, and elevated traits related to autism in transgender and gender-diverse individuals, compared to cisgender individuals.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17794-1
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title	Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
title_short	Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
title_full	Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
title_fullStr	Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
title_full_unstemmed	Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals
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series	Nature Communications
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publishDate	2020-08-01
description	It is unclear if rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in transgender and gender-diverse individuals compared to cisgender individuals. Here, the authors use data from five different large-scale datasets to identify elevated rates of autism diagnoses, diagnoses of other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, and elevated traits related to autism in transgender and gender-diverse individuals, compared to cisgender individuals.
url	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17794-1
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Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

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