PediMIND Program

03/03/2026

🌸 Calling healthy teenage girls ages 15-17! 🌸

The PediMIND Program is currently recruiting biological females ages 15-17 who have no personal or immediate family history of any psychiatric diagnoses to participate in a brain imaging research study.

Help us learn how the developing brain influences emotions and behavior in teens—and get compensated for your time! Participants will also get to see images of their brain taken during an MRI scan.

Interested in contributing to science? Visit pedimind.org/current-studies to learn more!

09/10/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day. Make a difference by participating in one of our research studies that aim to help improve adolescent mental healthcare. Contact us or visit https://pedimind.org/current-studies for more information or if your adolescent is interested in making a difference! ***dePreventionDay

05/09/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Make a difference by participating in one of our research studies that aim to help improve adolescent mental healthcare! We are recruiting 10-17 year olds with no personal or immediate family history of mental health conditions. Contact us or visit https://pedimind.org/current-studies for more information!

04/09/2025

Happy Spring from the PediMIND Program! Is your family interested in contributing to science? We are looking for 15-17 year olds with no braces or personal/family psychiatric history to participate in a research study. Families will be compensated for their time! Visit www.pedimind.org to learn more!

09/19/2024

The PediMIND Research Program at McLean Hospital is seeking teens ages 15-17 to participate in mental health research! Kids without braces and with no personal or immediate family history of psychiatric diagnoses are eligible to participate in this study and earn money for their time! Learn more about our research at pedimind.org.

07/12/2024

The PediMIND Research Program at McLean Hospital is seeking teens ages 15-17 without braces and without personal or immediate family history of mental illness to participate in a research study.

Participation in the research study allows us to gain a better understanding of mental health in kids and teens to improve research and care for all! Participants will be compensated for their time and will receive cool images of their own brain!

Please visit: https://rally.massgeneralbrigham.org/study/pedimind_hood_control to learn more about the study!

03/21/2024

The PediMIND Research Program at McLean Hospital is seeking participants for a research study with the goal of better understanding irritability and anger in children.

We are currently recruiting children who:
- Are between the ages of 10-16 years old
- Experience frequent irritability and anger
- Do not have braces

Families are compensated for their time. Please reach out to [email protected] or visit pedimind.org to learn more and support mental health research!

We need your help improving our understanding of the brain changes associated with mental illness in children and teens.

12/18/2023

The PediMIND Program is open during the holiday break and looking for kids ages 10-17 without braces and without personal or immediate family history of mental illness to participate in a research study. Consider taking time this holiday season to give to child mental health research! Contact us at [email protected] or 617-855-3900 if interested!

The PediMIND Program is a research lab dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness in children and teens—such as su***de, self-cutting, irritability, and bipolar disorder—using cutting-edge technology.

09/08/2023

September is Su***de Prevention Month. At the PediMIND Program, we are dedicated to better understanding su***de and self-injury so that we can help improve treatment, raise awareness, and prevent these problems.

Unfortunately, su***de is the 2nd leading cause of death—starting at age 10—extending to age 34. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg, with almost 20% of high school students considering su***de at least once during the past year, and increasing numbers of kids engaging in self-injury.

If you know a 10-17 year old affected by su***de or self-injury, or have a kid without such problems, join a PediMIND study—so we can use brain science to help with this problem.

The PediMIND team will also be participating in the AFSP Boston Area walk on October 21st - join us!

07/26/2023

PediMIND’s Dr. Jillian Russo and research assistant Sydney Tucker visited last week to chat about adolescent mental health! Here are some photos from the event with the Museum of Science Summer Youth Interns!

07/20/2023

Back-to-school advertisements have already started.
But—mental health never takes a vacation.

Join a PediMIND research study and help us learn more about the brain mechanisms of kids’ emotions and behavior.

Seeking kids ages 10-17 without psychiatric illness, without immediate family mental health diagnoses, and without braces or metal to join research studies involving cool MRI brain pictures.

Families are compensated for their time spent and receive copies of the MRI brain pictures.

The PediMIND Program is a research lab dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness in children and teens—such as su***de, self-cutting, irritability, and bipolar disorder—using cutting-edge technology.

07/03/2023

Currently recruiting 10-17 year olds for a research study investigating self-harm or su***de. Many research visits are remote and families are compensated for their time.

Please visit www.PEDIMIND.org to learn more.

The PediMIND Program is a research lab dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness in children and teens—such as su***de, self-cutting, irritability, and bipolar disorder—using cutting-edge technology.