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Leon Sloman
Researcher at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Publications - 35
Citations - 3395
Leon Sloman is an academic researcher from Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Family therapy & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 35 publications receiving 3215 citations. Previous affiliations of Leon Sloman include University of Toronto.
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Structural variation of chromosomes in autism spectrum disorder.
Christian R. Marshall,Abdul Noor,John B. Vincent,Anath C. Lionel,Lars Feuk,Jennifer Skaug,Mary Shago,Rainald Moessner,Dalila Pinto,Yan Ren,Bhooma Thiruvahindrapduram,Andreas Fiebig,Stefan Schreiber,Jan M. Friedman,Cees E.J. Ketelaars,Yvonne J. Vos,Can Ficicioglu,Susan J. Kirkpatrick,Rob Nicolson,Leon Sloman,Anne Summers,Clare A. Gibbons,Ahmad S. Teebi,David Chitayat,Rosanna Weksberg,Ann Thompson,Cathy Vardy,Vicki Crosbie,Sandra Luscombe,Rebecca Baatjes,Lonnie Zwaigenbaum,Wendy Roberts,Bridget A. Fernandez,Peter Szatmari,Stephen W. Scherer +34 more
TL;DR: The results further implicate the SHANK3-NLGN4-NRXN1 postsynaptic density genes and also identify novel loci at DPP6-DPP10-PCDH9 (synapse complex), ANKRD11, DPYD, PTCHD1, 15q24, among others, for a role in ASD susceptibility.
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The social competition hypothesis of depression.
TL;DR: It is postulated that the depressive state evolved in relation to social competition, as an unconscious, involuntary losing strategy, enabling the individual to accept defeat in ritual agonistic encounters and to accommodate to what would otherwise be unacceptably low social rank.
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Evolved mechanisms in depression: the role and interaction of attachment and social rank in depression
TL;DR: Focusing on the evolved mental mechanisms for attachment and social rank helps to make sense of depression's common early vulnerability factors and offers clues as to how these two systems interact and on how to intervene.
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An Open Trial of Risperidone in Young Autistic Children
TL;DR: It is suggested that risperidone may be safe and leads to improvements in several behavioral symptoms in young children with autism.
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Subordination and Defeat : An Evolutionary Approach To Mood Disorders and Their Therapy
Leon Sloman,Paul Gilbert +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the implications of our evolutionary history for theories and therapies of depression, focusing on how social conflict has shaped various behavioral and psychophysiological systems in both animals and humans.