ANN PAD - Child with a parent or sibling with psychosis

STUDY BASICS

Does your child have a parent or sibling with a psychotic disorder? Your child may be eligible to participate in a research study to understand brain development during adolescence, also called teen age years, using MRI (a non-invasive method to take brain pictures) and relate it to learning, memory, attention, and other behaviors. Compensation is provided.

STUDY PURPOSE

The goal of this research study is to see whether we can understand how the brain development during adolescence is different between adolescents who have a parent and/or siblings (first degree relative) with a psychiatric disorder called schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. We also wish to examine the relationship of measures of adolescent brain development between these two groups with differences in memory, attention and learning, and any symptoms such as anxiety, depression, hearing voices that are often observed in relatives of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia and related disorders. Specifically, we wish to examine whether memory, attention and learning are related to brain changes that may inform scientists about the risk for developing psychiatric disorders in the future.

COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD?

• Ages 8-17
• Have a parent or sibling with psychosis

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

• Psychiatric Evaluation
• Computer and Paper/Pencil Testing
• MRI
• Questionnaires