Youth Research Unit

Projects

Escitalopram for the treatment of anxiety disorders in adolescents(CAP-E study)

Clinical and physiological changes associated with open label, flexible-dose treatment (CAP-E study) Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses of adolescence, with an overall prevalence ranging from 5.0% to… Read this article >

Child Anxiety Program: CAP/CAP-E studies

Anxiety disorders in adolescents: Biological and psychological changes with cognitive behavioural treatment (CAP study) Anxiety disorders (ADs) are the most common mental illnesses of adolescence, and can be hugely disruptive… Read this article >

Research on Eating and Adolescent Lifestyles: REAL study

Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related disorders) affect about 6% of youth, and are among the priority mental illnesses for children and adolescents identified by the World Health… Read this article >