Neurodiversity & Mental Health
Hypermobility, Psychiatry & Neurodiversity
•2021 Research Paper – Connecting brain and body: Transdiagnostic relevance of connective tissue variants to neuropsychiatric symptom expression by Sharp et al – here.
•2021 podcast with academic psychiatrist Dr Jessica Eccles – here.
•2016 Nationwide Swedish study on association between EDS, Autism, ADHD, depression etc. – here.
ADHD
•A 2021 retrospective study by Kindgren et al. on 201 children found a strong association between HSD, EDS and ADHD.
•EDS Summer Conference – July 2020 presentation slides by Consultant Psychiatrist Dr James Kustow on Neurodiversity – Supporting People with ADHD
Alternatively, the video can be viewed via this link by scrolling down to “Session 18”.
•Also a YouTube video by Dr Kustow discussing the potential links between hypermobility, dysautonomia and ADHD. Link here.
Autism
•2020 open access research paper by Casanova et al highlighting the relationship between Autism and EDS/HSD.
Anxiety & hypermobility
•2020 video “Anxiety and Hypermobility” by Dr Jessica Eccles
•2017 Youtube video on “What is the link between joint hypermobility and anxiety?” by Dr Jessica Eccles, a Psychiatrist and research training fellow.
Hypo/hyper activity, Inattention, Communication, Sleep, Feeding and Social Problems in Childhood
•A connective tissue disorder may underlie ESSENCE problems in childhood by Baeza-Velasco et al (2016) [free full text pdf]