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Learn about the progress NIMH has made toward Goal 3 of the NIMH Strategic Plan for Research: Strive for Prevention and Cures.

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  Supporting the Development of Early Autism Screening Tools

  NIMH, along with other NIH Institutes, is supporting the goal of identifying autism in the first year of life by funding projects that seek to seek to translate findings related to early-emerging signs of autism into practical ASD screening tools that can be implemented in the general population and community settings.

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  Fast-Fail Trial Shows New Approach to Identifying Brain Targets for Clinical Treatments

  An innovative NIMH-funded trial shows that a receptor involved in the brain’s reward system may be a viable target for treating anhedonia (or lack of pleasure), a key symptom of several mood and anxiety disorders.

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  Combined Electroconvulsive Therapy and Venlafaxine a Well-Tolerated Depression Treatment for Older Adults

  The use of right unilateral ultrabrief pulse (RUL-UB) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in combination with the antidepressant venlafaxine to treat depression in elderly patients is well tolerated and results in minimal neurocognitive side effects, according to a new NIH-funded study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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  Neural Signature Identifies People Likely to Respond to Antidepressant Medication

  NIH-funded research uses machine learning algorithm to predict individual response to a commonly-prescribed antidepressant.

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