How a 'brain fingerprint' could predict a future mental health crisis in teens
A group of researchers say they’ve found a way to screen teenagers’ brains for mental health issues… before the issues manifest.
Source: sciencefocus.com
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Feeling grumpy? Your optimism has been fading since the age of nine
A positive outlook starts to dwindle as children grow up and experience the harsh realities of life, study shows
Tobias Hauser Johanna Habicht University College London Experimental Psychology Brain Explorer Scientific Research
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Teenage mental health: how growing brains could explain emerging disorders
Adolescence is the time when most mental health problems arise. Diagnoses of psychiatric illnesses increase across the board, with teenagers suffering not only from mood disorders such as depression, but also from the most pervasive psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The impact of such illnesses is substantial. Suicide is one of the top five most common causes of death in adolescents. If mental health researchers have long been aware of this s...
Source: theconversation.com