The New York Times has published an article about unauthorized access to NIH-supported data by fringe researchers who have used the data to promote racist pseudoscience. The ABCD Study is named. These egregious misuses of the data are fundamentally inconsistent with the study’s goals, methods, and values. ABCD is designed to advance rigorous and ethical research and opposes discriminatory, stigmatizing, or harmful uses of the data. We are deeply sorry for the distress this has caused and will be reaching out to participants, the public, and the scientific community in the coming days and weeks.

The release includes new summary scores, as well as data and metadata fixes.

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Participants age 18 or older can choose to receive their personal genetic results.

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ABCD participants can now access resume and career resources, as well as information on substance use risk and prevention, on the ABCD website!