Discoveries

Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D. of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D.
January 19, 2012

Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D., winner of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research in 2011, is working to unravel the mystery of what goes awry in the...


January 18, 2012

An Impressive Year of Progress: from establishing early intervention techniques and working toward diagnostic tools, to proving the effectiveness of next generation therapies, to advancing basic research and our...

Joan Luby, M.D. of Washington University in St. Louis
Joan Luby, M.D.
January 16, 2012

Recent research has shown that children as young as 3 years old can experience symptoms of clinical depression. Research has also shown that half of all cases of depression arise during childhood. While evidence suggests...

Schahram Akbarian, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of Massachusetts
Dr. Schahram Akbarian
January 16, 2012

In people with autism spectrum disorders, nerve cells in the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions show subtle defects. Rare genetic mutations account for only about 10 percent of autism cases. The cause of the...

Scientific Council Member Helen Mayberg, MD of Emory University
Helen Mayberg, M.D.
January 11, 2012

New study shows breakthrough results for treatment of bipolar disorder and unipolar depression (major depressive disorder) with deep brain stimulation (DBS). The findings show long term abatement of symptoms in treatment-...

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