Children & Adolescents

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
Sleep Disturbances in Preadolescents Predicted Increased Depression Severity, Self-Harm Behaviors the Following Week
For the first time, researchers have obtained evidence establishing a potentially predictive connection between disturbances in sleep and the occurrence of depression and self-harming behaviors in… Read More
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