Our group at the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal, Quebec have received funding from the JPB Foundation to investigate the factors that could best predict the risk for the development of mental health problems in children and adolescents. We seek to determine how certain factors related to the maternal environment and pediatric health in early life could predict the risk for the development of socioemotional problems in children and the risk for mental health problems in adolescents. We are seeking to identify which environmental factors predict an increased risk for psychopathology or a protective influence against the development of psychopathology. If we could identify what the main risk factors or protective factors are for the development of mental illness we could intervene early in life and reduce the risk for the future development of mental health disorders in children and adolescents.