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There was a longstanding belief that pre-pubescent children were too developmentally and cognitively immature to experience the core aspects of depression. In the mid-1980s research studies disputed those claims. By the late ‘80s, it was widely accepted that children ages six and older could experience clinical depression. Subsequently, treatment studies looked at various forms of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for that age group. Recent studies, including ours at Washington University, have extended that story down to age three.

A disorder that affects nearly two percent of the population and 10 percent of psychiatric patients is strikingly absent from common conversation.

Foundation President and CEO, Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. is quoted in an article from Scientific American about a research study featured in the Foundation's top 10 research advancements of 2016.

Over the past several months we’ve been hard at work improving our website in an effort to make it more user-friendly and bring more content value to you: the families living with illness, the researcher looking for treatment advances and cures, and most importantly, our donors.

We are proud to announce that 40 scientists from 36 institutions in 10 countries have received NARSAD Independent Investigator Grants totaling $3.9 million.