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- Antipsychotic Prescriptions Rise Sharply for Children and Adolescents
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June 19, 2006
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Science Update
The number of antipsychotic medication prescriptions for children and adolescents increased six-fold from 1993 to 2002, according to a study of visits made by people 20 years old and younger to doctors' offices.
- Fear Circuit Flares as Bipolar Youth Misread Faces
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May 29, 2006
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Press Release
Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces, NIMH researchers have discovered.
- Depression Rates Are Lower in Children Whose Mothers Are Successfully Treated
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May 9, 2006
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Science Update
When women treated for depression become symptom-free, their children are less likely to be diagnosed with depression, according to a study published in the March 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- ADHD Medication Use Held Steady in Recent Years
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April 1, 2006
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Science Update
The results of a study conducted by researchers at the Agency of Healthcare Research Quality and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health indicate that the prevalence of stimulant use among U.S. children for treating symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) remained relatively constant between 1997 and 2002.
- Harvard Study Suggests Significant Prevalence of ADHD Symptoms Among Adults
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April 1, 2006
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Science Update
A recent NIMH-funded survey tracking the prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms found that an estimated 4.4 percent of adults ages 18-44 in the United States experience symptoms and some disability.
- Cortex Matures Faster in Youth with Highest IQ
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March 29, 2006
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Press Release
Youth with superior IQ are distinguished by how fast the thinking part of their brains thickens and thins as they grow up, researchers at NIMH have discovered.
- Largest Study to Date on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Describes Disease Characteristics And Short-Term Outcomes
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February 8, 2006
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Science Update
Recent findings from the multi-site, NIMH-funded Course and Outcome of Bipolar Illness in Youth (COBY) study are helping to shape the understanding of three major subtypes of bipolar disorder that affect children and adolescents and how this diagnosis may affect them as adults.
- Teens with Deletion Syndrome Confirm Gene’s Role in Psychosis
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October 23, 2005
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Press Release
A study in youth who are missing part of a chromosome is further implicating a suspect gene in schizophrenia.
- Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth
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June 6, 2005
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Press Release
all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, and that despite effective treatments, there are long delays — sometimes decades — between first onset of symptoms and when people seek and receive treatment.
- Brain Awareness Week Teaches Kids How Their Brains Work
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March 7, 2005
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Science Update
The fifth annual Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a science and health education fair to teach 5th–8th grade students about the brain, will take place March 14–18, 2005 at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
