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Studying Childhood-onset Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders

NCT01778504 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2026-04-20

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Summary

Background:

\- Many psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental disorders are genetic. This means that they tend to run in families. Some begin in childhood, while others do not appear until adulthood. Researchers want to look at people of all ages who have these disorders that started in childhood. They will also look at relatives of people with these disorders. This information will allow doctors to learn more about childhood behavioral problems and how they are inherited. It may also help doctors treat those disorders.

Objectives:

\- To study the onset and treatment of childhood behavioral, psychiatric, and developmental disorders.

Eligibility:

* Individuals of any age who have a psychiatric, autism spectrum, or developmental disorder, or other behavioral problems.
* Family members of individuals with the above disorders. This group may include parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts/uncles, cousins, and children.

Design:

\- Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical exam. They may have a psychiatric history with tests of thinking, judgment, and behavior. Brain imaging scans may be performed to look at brain function.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Ashura W Buckley, M.D. · National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-27
Primary Completion
2029-02-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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