The Truth About Autism: Causes, Care, and What's Next

05/11/2025 47 min Episodio 12
The Truth About Autism: Causes, Care, and What's Next

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On this episode of The Vitals, we dive deep into one of the most compelling topics in global health today: autism. We welcome two leading experts from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Dr. Joseph D. Buxbaum – Professor of Psychiatry, Genetics & Genomic Sciences, and Neuroscience; Director of the Seaver Autism Center: https://profiles.mountsinai.org/joseph-d-buxbaum Dr. Avraham (Avi) Reichenberg – Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine; Director of the Population Research & Environmental Epidemiology Program at Seaver: https://scholars.mssm.edu/en/persons/avraham-reichenberg In this episode, Drs. Buxbaum and Reichenberg engage in an insightful conversation covering autism’s genetic architecture, how environmental exposures before and during pregnancy may modulate ASD risk, the real-world implications for families, clinicians, researchers, and the broader community, and what the future may hold for autism care. 🔗 Learn More & Take Action 👉 Visit the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment: https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/seaver Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell on Youtube so you never miss an episode of The Vitals: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCT7BA-HcHliU8QIXyuk_74L_uH0gyKGt 📺 Watch more episodes of The Vitals on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCT7BA-HcHliU8QIXyuk_74L_uH0gyKGt