Children & Adolescents

Most pregnant mothers will go to great lengths to avoid being sick, and science suggests that their concerns may be well founded. Read More
Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Illicit Drug Use
American adolescents with a history of childhood trauma have a higher risk of illicit drug use than their peers, according to a population-based study of U.S. teens. The report was published online… Read More
Pathways That May be Disrupted in People with OCD
A genetic study of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and their parents, reported March 29, 2016 in Translational Psychiatry, has yielded important hints about genes and biological… Read More
Poor cognitive performance has long been considered a risk factor for schizophrenia. A new study refines this idea by showing that it is actually a person's poor cognitive performance relative to his… Read More