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Gaining insight into complex problems such as mental disorders affecting children and adolescents requires the use of multiple strategies. This issue of the Journal features studies that use different methods and designs, including a whole-population cohort, a longitudinal neuroimaging study, and a randomized clinical trial. Although assessing specific aspects of different disorders, these studies corroborate the need for new approaches to advance the field of child and adolescent mental health.

Precision Medicine for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Earlier this year in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a multimillion-dollar initiative with the major goal of revolutionizing medicine by advancing beyond one-size-fits-all treatments. With recent technologic improvements and decreases in the cost of molecular biology methods, the plan is to assemble large-scale databases containing information relevant to ultimately allow for individualized care.1 In fact, the use of genetic markers for the selection of specific

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The author gratefully acknowledges Tamara Vanderwal, MD, of the Yale Child Study Center, for her editorial input.

Disclosure: Dr. Kieling has received support from Brazilian governmental research funding agencies (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [CNPq], Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior [CAPES], and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul [Fapergs]).

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