Research Findings

Researchers find improvements in stress-related outcomes among middle school students exposed to a school-based mindfulness training program.

Researchers discuss the evidence that antipsychotic medications may cause brain atrophy in children, whose brains are still developing.

New research points to numerous harmful effects of high-level lead exposure in childhood on adult mental health and personality characteristics.

Researchers detect a striking relationship between the month of school enrollment relative to peers and patterns of ADHD diagnoses in a large sample of elementary school students throughout the US.

Researchers shed light on the limitations of mental health screening instruments for youth that are increasingly being used in schools and medical settings.

New data shows that calls to US poison control centers have increased significantly for children taking stimulant ADHD drugs.

New research suggests that when parents model emotion suppression strategies in social interactions, their children’s approaches to social engagement may suffer.

New research highlights differences in levels of school connectedness among students diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disorders,

Gender identity conversion efforts impact psychological distress and lifetime suicidality in transgender people.

According to researchers, children are being increasingly prescribed multiple different psychiatric medications.

A new study suggests proximity to green space as a child is linked to lower rates of mental health issues in adulthood.

Young women’s narratives indicate ways antidepressants have shaped their sense of self.

Twice as many teenagers with ADHD experienced severe psychosis when taking Adderall, as compared to Ritalin, according to a new study.

Clinicians play a key role in empowering adolescents and their parents to make decisions about their mental health treatment.

A new study has found that children and adolescents taking a high dose of antipsychotics are almost twice as likely to die of any cause than children on other types of medications.

A new special issue brings together articles exploring the harmful effects of simultaneous multiple medication use.

Bias and financial conflicts in antidepressant trials “contribute to systematic underestimation of risk in the published literature.”

When comparing kids with the same symptoms who were either diagnosed with ADHD or not, those who received the diagnosis had worse outcomes.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins test paroxetine on developing brain cells and discover numerous neurotoxic effects.

A network analysis of participants’ social media use and well-being reveals complex links with social capital but a minimal association with attentional control.

A new review finds preliminary evidence for yoga and mindfulness-based interventions for youth diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

New research explores the use of broad-based school-integrated resiliency and mindfulness interventions to prevent mental health concerns before they occur.

A qualitative study explores young adults’ childhood bullying experiences.

Teacher’s personal wellbeing plays a role in students’ mental health outcomes, suggests a new study.

New research explores the impact of exposure to traffic-related air pollution on levels of anxious and depressive symptoms in childhood.