(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Growing up in poverty and experiencing traumatic events like a bad accident or sexual assault were linked to accelerated puberty and brain maturation, abnormal brain development, and greater mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis, according to a new Penn Medicine study published this week in JAMA Psychiatry.
from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2wuhRpt
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