Research Findings

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

New study finds that smartphone use may precede experiences of loneliness and depressive symptoms among older teens according to longitudinal analysis.

Researchers explore the effects of augmented treatment at various points in interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents diagnosed with depression, highlighting previously unidentified critical decision points (i.e., relatively early in the treatment sequence).

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

Yale study finds that training parents how to react to child behaviors is as effective at reducing anxiety as providing therapy to the child.

Also, male mice born to mothers with an immune response exhibited “autistic-like” behaviors, scientists report.

Throughout the past two decades, studies have warned of increased suicide rates in those taking antidepressants, especially in children and adolescents. Researchers also documented...

Middle school students with critical consciousness of US politics and inequality exhibit more emotional distress and lower academic achievement.

Neuroscience researchers find no differences in brain connectivity between children with diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and those with no diagnoses.

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

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

In adolescent depression treatment, those who received a placebo but thought they received Prozac improved more than those who received the drug and knew it.

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

A new meta-analysis highlights a positive relationship between student emotional intelligence and academic achievement.

In this new study, exposure to maternal anxiety in utero also harmed child development.

Historical, current, and potential future complexities of cognitive assessment; a longstanding, controversial fixture in schools throughout the United States.

A new meta-analysis analyzes randomized control trials of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for adolescents.

Leading ADHD researchers outline four mistakes that turned ADHD from a description of behavior into a medical disease.

A new study in Frontiers of Pharmacology finds that antidepressant use during pregnancy is linked to reduced motor skills in children at 2 years...

Researchers, publishing in Toxicology Research, review the evidence that antidepressant exposure in the womb is linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in humans.

A study of over 1.5 million people in Europe and the US links the development of less adaptive personalities with childhood lead exposure.

A qualitative study explores young adults’ childhood bullying experiences.

Researchers point to the risks of using antipsychotics with youth and caution against the practice.

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

Babies born to mothers taking antidepressants during pregnancy were more than six times as likely to have neonatal withdrawal syndrome—including breathing problems, irritability/agitation, tremors, feeding problems, and seizures—than those born to mothers taking other types of drugs.