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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Shaheena Uddin

Scientists make ‘striking’ discovery about what mental health conditions do to your brain

Brain scan image - (AFP/Getty)

Young people diagnosed with four common psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression and ADHD and conduct disorder, share “strikingly similar” structural changes in the brain, according to a new study.

Brains with any of the four conditions tended to have a reduced surface area in regions responsible for processing emotions, responding to threats and maintaining awareness of bodily states.

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