Because of the strain of enduring Covid-19-caused lockdowns, teenagers’
brains have aged more quickly. A recent study confirms that the
repercussions are comparable to those seen after exposure to abuse,
maltreatment, and family dysfunction.
Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science is where Stanford’s research was
first made public. It’s no secret that adolescence isn’t always easy on the
mind and heart, with all the mental and emotional rearranging. The study
stressed that the epidemic had “expedited” part of this reorganizing by
decreasing the thickness of the cortex and increasing the size of the
hippocampus and amygdala.
brains have aged more quickly. A recent study confirms that the
repercussions are comparable to those seen after exposure to abuse,
maltreatment, and family dysfunction.
Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science is where Stanford’s research was
first made public. It’s no secret that adolescence isn’t always easy on the
mind and heart, with all the mental and emotional rearranging. The study
stressed that the epidemic had “expedited” part of this reorganizing by
decreasing the thickness of the cortex and increasing the size of the
hippocampus and amygdala.
