• Researchers found that high-functioning adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder have reduced connectivity in parts of their brain that affect social behavior.
• A blogger examines how a person’s socioeconomic status affects the value that he or she places on personal choice.
• Low-income mothers are more likely to be classified with an anxiety disorder due to living in poverty, not because of mental illness.
• Sleep deprivation after a traumatic event may reduce the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Heather Rudow is a staff writer for Counseling Today. Email her at hrudow@counseling.org.