Welcome to the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, where we conduct 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

Down Syndrome

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

 

Judith L. Rapoport, MD, Chief
Child Psychiatry Branch

Jay N. Giedd, MD, Chief
Unit on Brain Imaging

10 Center Drive
Building 10, Room 3N202
Bethesda, MD 20892-1600