Children & Adolescents

Brain Imaging Reveals Indicator of Future Behavior Changes for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders

When children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) , it can be difficult to predict what that means for... Read More

New Brain Biomarker Found for Depression Risk in Young Children

Three past recipients of NARSAD grant awards and their colleagues at Washington University, St. Louis have reported the first-ever structural... Read More

Possible Early Predictor of Mental Health Risk

From The Quarterly, Fall 2014 Over the last two decades, researchers have learned that severe stress experienced early in life... Read More

Mental Health Researchers Discuss Opportunities for New Research on the Teen Brain

One in five adolescents has a mental illness that will persist into adulthood. Because mental health costs pose such a... Read More

Creating New Possibilities for Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

From The Quarterly, Summer 2014 Impressive progress is being made by Foundation- funded scientists to understand and more effectively treat... Read More