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Many of the subjects in Rapoport's ongoing NIMH study have responded positively to new atypical anti-psychotic medication...
...experimental treatment has offered new hope to children suffering from early-onset schizophrenia, according to Chief of the Child Psychology Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Judith L. Rapoport. Rapoport, a Harvard Medical School graduate, addressed an audience of 56 last night at Bolyston Hall...
...though Zametkin himself is quite cautious. A newer study used another tool -- magnetic resonance imaging -- to compare the brains of 18 ADHD boys with those of other children and found several "very subtle" but "striking" anatomical differences, says co-author Judith Rapoport, chief of the child psychiatry branch at NIMH. Says Zametkin: "I'm absolutely convinced that this disorder has a biological basis, but just what it is we cannot...
Interest in the genetics of ADHD is enormous. In Australia a vast trial involving 3,400 pairs of twins between the ages of 4 and 12 is examining the incidence of ADHD and other behavioral difficulties. At NIMH, Zametkin's group is recruiting 200 families who have at least two members with ADHD. The hope: to identify genes for the disorder. It is worth noting, though, that even if such genes are found, this may not settle the debate about ADHD. After all, it is just as likely that researchers will someday discover a gene for a hot temper, which...
...amid the high-tech, spotless feeling of an advanced scientific laboratory there will be a small, poignant reminder of the everyday: Mousetraps will be stationed around the facility to prevent "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"-like breakouts so that none of the valuable subjects can escape...