Judith L. Rapoport, MD, Chief |
The Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health conducts research on the diagnosis, treatment, and neurobiology of childhood psychiatric disorders. Brain imaging, genetic, and drug treatment studies are ongoing for:
Childhood-onset Schizophrenia,
Schizophrenia Study Application Survey.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Klinefelter & Trisomy X Syndromes and other Sex Chromosome Variations
In addition, there are large prospective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of:
Brain Development in Healthy Children and Adolescents
Identical and Fraternal Twins
