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Massachusetts General hospital (MGH) researchers have found that treatment with stimulant drugs does not increase and appears to significantly decrease the risk that girls with ADHD will begin smoking cigarettes or using alcohol or drugs. Their report in the October Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent medicine parallels the findings of several earlier studies in boys, which needed to be confirmed in girls. read more

NARSAD, the world's leading charity dedicated to mental health research, awards its annual prizes -- among the most coveted in psychiatry and neuroscience - to six prominent scientists whose research in the areas of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, childhood disorders and cognitive neuroscience have led to significant strides in the understanding and treatment of mental illness.