Why are savant skills and special talents associated with autism?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wps.20552 https://psiquiatria.com/trastornos-infantiles-y-de-la-adolescencia/por-que-las-habilidades-inteligentes-y-los-talentos-especiales-estan-asociados-con-el-autismo/ Special skills typically fall into a narrow range of areas. A recent study suggested that more than 70% of autistic children and adults had a special isolated skill in memory (52% of the sample), visuo‐spatial abilities (32%), calculation, drawing or music (about 17% for each area).

Cannabis and Vulnerability to Psychosis

That onset or increase in cannabis use behavior in any given year during adolescence predicted increases in psychotic symptoms that year and one year later, elevated and persistent psychotic symptoms are associated with an increased risk for psychotic disorders, such as acute psychotic episodes, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. https://research.chusj.org/en/Communications/Nouvelles/2018-(1)/Le-cannabis-et-la-vulnerabilite-a-la-psychose

Don’t let depression keep you from exercising

Exercise may be just as crucial to a depression patient’s good health as finding an effective antidepressant.https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/depression-exercise.html