Research Highlights

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. Explore research advances and ongoing research supported by or conducted at NIMH.

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  Using Mobile Technology to Improve Care for Teens with Depression

  In a project funded by the NIMH Small Business Technology Transfer program, researchers are investigating whether mobile technology can be used to create a passive monitoring system that can predict teens’ depressive symptoms and improve the quality of their care.

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  Testing and Refining Biomarkers to Support Intervention Research for Children with Autism

  NIMH, along with other NIH Institutes, is supporting the ABC-CT project, a multisite study that aims to test and refine biomarkers that can be used as objective measures of social impairment for children with autism in clinical trials, leading to more predictive and personalized treatment.

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  NIMH Awards Funding for Research on Preventing Firearm Injury and Mortality

  Suicide attempts by firearm are especially dangerous, with as many as 9 out of 10 attempts resulting in death. NIMH is supporting three projects focused on preventing and reducing firearm injury and mortality to help address the critical need for more research in this area.

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  Brief Suicide Prevention Interventions in Acute Care Settings May Reduce Subsequent Suicide Attempts

  A research project supported by NIMH analyzed multiple studies to determine the effectiveness of brief suicide prevention interventions in acute care settings.

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  NIMH Part of Collaborative Effort to Advance Early Intervention for Individuals at Risk of Developing Schizophrenia

  NIMH has joined with other NIH Institutes in launching an new Accelerating Medicines Partnership focused on advancing the development of better ways to identify and treat those at clinical high risk for psychosis.

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