National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
11 clinical trials · 11 recruiting · NIH
Trials by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
PET Imaging of Cyclooxygenases in Neurodegenerative Brain Disease
Background: About 5 million adults in the U.S. have Alzheimer s disease or another adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder. Many studies have found that inflammation in the brain...
NIMH Rhythms and Blues Study: A Prospective Natural History Study of Motor Activity, Mood States, and Bipolar Disorder
Background: Mood disorders, such as bipolar disorder, can have serious effects on a person s life. People with bipolar disorder are more likely to have heart disease and abuse...
Defining the Brain Phenotype of Children With Williams Syndrome
Background: \- Little is known about how the brain changes during childhood and adolescence, how genes affect this process, or how the brains of people with 7q11.23 genetic...
Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Studying Mood and Anxiety Disorders
This study is intended to help develop new MRI imaging techniques for studying mood and anxiety disorders. Researchers believe that depression and anxiety disorders may cause...
Gaze-Contingent Music Therapy Augmentation of CBT for Pediatric Anxiety
Background: Anxiety disorders are becoming more common among children and teenagers. Anxiety can lead to long-term physical and mental problems, such as depression. Treatments...
Studies of Brain Function and Course of Illness in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
This study seeks to learn more about the symptoms of severe mood dysregulation in children and adolescents ages 7-17. Children and adolescents with severe mood dysregulation (SMD)...
Evaluation of Patients With Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this protocol is to allow for the careful screening of patients and healthy volunteers for participation in research protocols in the Experimental Therapeutics and...
Developing Brain, Impulsivity and Compulsivity
Background: Impulsivity is acting 'without thinking.' Compulsivity is being overly inflexible. People vary in how impulsive or compulsive they are. Extreme versions of these...
Development of Virtual Reality-based Interventions to Strengthen Cognitive Skillsets Related to Attention Deficit...
Background: Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have cognitive problems. It may be hard for them to control their behaviors, concentrate for long...
PET Imaging of Phosphodiesterase-4B (PDE4B) in Alcohol Use Disorder
Background: People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) also often have bouts of depression called major depressive episodes (MDEs). People having MDEs have been found to have low...
Studying Childhood-onset Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders
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...