Children & Adolescents

Childhood Stress and Early Onset of Female Puberty May Raise Risk of Depression and Anxiety in Adolescence, Study Finds
Being exposed to trauma during childhood has been associated with significantly increased risk for developing depression and anxiety later in life. Precisely how trauma translates into greater risk… Read More
Network Connectivity Patterns in High-Risk Pre-Adolescents Correctly Predicted Depression Symptom Onset 2 Years Later
Researchers have used functional brain imaging data to discover biomarkers that have the potential to predict early-onset depression in pre-adolescent youths with a family history of depression. Read More
Relation Between Daily Mood and Sleep in Preschool Children Highlights Importance of End-of-Day Mood
Common sense suggests there is a direct relationship between mood and how we sleep. When we are disturbed emotionally, for example, we may expect this to impact our sleep: how long we sleep during… Read More
In Adolescents, Mindfulness-Based Training Increased Well-Being and Improved Sleep
Past research indicates that the brain’s interoceptive network—the circuitry that supports our conscious and subconscious awareness of internal bodily sensations—may be factors in depression and… Read More
Oxytocin Delivered Intranasally Helped Youths with Severe Irritability, Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Researchers have published results of a clinical trial providing preliminary evidence that intranasal administration of the hormone oxytocin may be effective in reducing symptoms of severe… Read More