$3.7 million will help evaluate Family-based Behavioral Treatment
Childhood obesity in low-income Missouri families aim of CDC grant (Links to an external site)
Category: Clinical Research
Stable home lives improve prospects for preemies (Links to an external site)
Medical challenges at birth less important than stressful home life in predicting future psychiatric health
More cancer patients get help to quit smoking (Links to an external site)
Siteman Cancer Center expands smoking-cessation efforts
Understanding how tics are suppressed may help some at risk for tic disorders (Links to an external site)
Identifying kids who control their tics may help others at risk for Tourette syndrome
Repetitive behaviors tied to brain activity patterns in toddlers (Links to an external site)
“We believe that this is one of the first, if not the first, studies of functional brain connectivity in relationship to restricted and repetitive behaviors in the first years of life,” says lead investigator John Pruett, associate professor of psychiatry.
Study seeks former opioid users who avoided addiction (Links to an external site)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a large-scale study involving people who have used opioids recreationally but not become dependent on the drugs.
Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation (Links to an external site)
Study led by Dr. Charles Conway focuses on people not treated effectively with antidepressants.