Brains Of Teenagers Look Disturbingly Different After Covid-19 Lockdown, Says Study
The post-lockdown group reported more severe mental health problems, including more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression and internalising problems.
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The post-lockdown group reported more severe mental health problems, including more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression and internalising problems.
The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says.
Pandemic-related pressures have affected teenagers' brains, making them seem years older than their counterparts before the outbreak.
The new findings, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, indicate that the neurological and mental health effects of the pandemic on adolescents may have been even worse.
A new study confirms the COVID-19 pandemic affected not only the mental health of teenagers in the U.S. but also prematurely aged their brains by at least three years.