Children & Adolescents

Study Suggests Regular Cannabis Use in Adolescents Alters the Dopamine System, With Still Uncertain Impacts on Brain Development and Mental Health
Studies in both animals and humans have suggested that adolescence is a vulnerable time in which to begin using cannabis, owing to various ways it is thought to modify the brain’s development process… Read More
In Children with ADHD, Neuroimaging Data Reveals 3 Distinct Neural Biotypes
A new study based on MRI data from a large cohort of children diagnosed with ADHD and controls has identified three distinct ADHD “biotypes.” These biotypes indicate various ways in which specific… Read More
In Youths at High Risk of Psychosis, a Marker in White Blood Cells May Be an Important Indicator of Response to Therapy
Researchers have reported new evidence bearing on their multi-year effort to identify clinically useful markers of high risk for the onset of psychosis in young people. Read More
A Link Between More Screen Time in Childhood and Depression in Early Adolescence Is Related to Less Sleep and White Matter Changes, Study Finds
A new study based on data from nearly 1,000 young people, ages 9-13, suggests how the amount of time spent on screens each day—TVs, computers, mobile phones, videogames—impacts depression risk at age… Read More
Psychosis Risk Is 2-3 Times Greater in Those With Major Childhood Adversities, Study Finds
In the largest and most nuanced meta-analysis of its kind to date, researchers have found that significant adversity during childhood is associated with an increased risk of psychotic disorder or… Read More