Effects of Early Life Adversity on Brain Growth Measured with Imaging [PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/20/154:00 AM

A new study shows how adverse experiences within the first six years of life lead to higher levels of childhood internalizing symptoms and variations in brain growth in adolescent males.

Internalizing symptoms include the development of mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.

In the study, Edward D. Barker, Ph.D., of King’s College London, and coauthors objectively examined how adverse experiences within the first six years of life relate to variations in cortical gray matter volume in the brains of adolescent males.

[For more of this story, written by Rick Nauert, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...h-imaging/91024.html]

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