Children & Adolescents

Study Examines Potential Resilience to Substance Use Disorder Following Childhood Maltreatment
Childhood maltreatment not only causes incalculable suffering and pain in those who are subjected to it; it is also thought to raise the risk for many near- and long-term adverse consequences,… Read More
Abandoned Romanian Children Placed With Foster Families Fared Better Than Peers Who Grew Up in Institutions
For very young children abandoned by their parents and placed in institutional care settings, what is the potentially beneficial impact of being placed with a foster family? Does it matter if… Read More
In Search of New Therapies, Studying the Neurobiology of Brain Development in Pediatric Anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of pediatric psychiatric illness,” notes Dr. Chad Sylvester. They affect up to 30% of all youths under 18 years of age and severely impair an estimated 10… Read More
Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging and Perturbed Neurodevelopment in Adolescents, Study Finds
A research team has reported important but preliminary new findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on brain development in American adolescents, 13-17 years of age. Read More
Study Sheds Light on How Early-Life Abuse Can Alter Maturation of Brain's Emotion Circuitry
How do abuse and other forms of early-life adversity alter the development of the brain? If and when such changes do occur, how are they related to the emergence of psychiatric symptoms? These… Read More