UADO: A centre for the study of neuro-development within the CIBERSAM

The Adolescent Psychiatric Unit of Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon (UADO), one of the 26 CIBERSAM research groups, conducts research in children and adolescent psychiatry and, since its inauguration in 2000, has grown into a reference standard in the field. The Adolescent Unit has conducted collaborative Studies over the past 8 years, working with most of the main groups in the country, first as part of the Child and Adolescent First Episode Study (CAFEPS), and later in the context of the Network, Centre for Biomedical Research in Mental health (CIBERSAM). In addition to the aforesaid institutions, the Adolescent Unit has also worked in collaboration with various basic and clinical research departments as well as with foreign centres. Currently, its three main lines of research are essentially first-episode psychosis, developmental neuropsychopharmacology, and autism spectrum disorders.