Imaging study looks at brain effects of early adversity, mental health disorders
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Adversity during the first six years of life was associated with higher levels of childhood internalizing symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, in a group of boys, as well as altered brain structure in late adolescence between the ages of 18 and 21, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.