Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research

Nationwide Children’s Team Builds Award-Winning AI Tool to Drive Mental Health Research
Nationwide Children’s Team Builds Award-Winning AI Tool to Drive Mental Health Research 1024 502 Abbie Miller

DREAM project wins the 2025 Gartner Eye on Innovation Mid-Size Enterprise Award in the Americas region. In recognition of its innovative application of technology to address critical health care challenges, the Office of Data Sciences was selected as the winner for the prestigious 2025 Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards, Mid-Size Enterprise, Americas.  This international honor…

Norms, Needs and New Frontiers in Pediatric Mental Health
Norms, Needs and New Frontiers in Pediatric Mental Health 1024 683 Madison Storm

An interview with Eric Youngstrom, PhD, director of the Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.   At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Institute for Mental and Behavioral Research (IMBHR) is driving discovery through improved assessments, effective treatments and digging deep to answer the ‘why’ behind…

Understanding Relationships Among Responsive Parenting, Internalizing in Children and Emotionality
Understanding Relationships Among Responsive Parenting, Internalizing in Children and Emotionality 1024 576 JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM

A new study offers insights in the complex interplay among negative emotionality, internalizing problems and parental responsivity in very young children. Positive responsive parenting can benefit children aged 3 to 5 years with internalizing problems, especially those with average to high levels of negative emotionality, according to recent research led by Amanda Thompson, PhD, a…