Medscape Perspectives on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 161st Annual Meeting
May 3 - 8, 2008, Washington, DC
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Video Highlights From the American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual MeetingWith VideoImportant studies presented at the meeting include the findings that changes in both behavior and brain development occur at age 12 months in autistic children, brain maturation is delayed in ADHD, and depressed patients have abnormalities in their brains' reward-learning pathways.
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