Children & Adolescents

One in five adolescents has a mental illness that will persist into adulthood. Because mental health costs pose such a global economic burden, leaders in adolescent brain research have called for… Read More
2008 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee William E. Copeland, Ph.D., of Duke University Medical Center, led research that helps explain why children who are bullied experience long-lasting impairments… Read More
The interaction between genes and the environment have long been known to influence the brain and behavior. The cerebral cortex, the most highly evolved human brain structure, changes dramatically in… Read More