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Pubertal Timing and the Developing Brain
In this episode of The Biological Psychiatry Podcast, Dr. Elvisha Dhamala sits down with Dr. Athanasia Metoki from the University of Pennsylvania to discuss her recent paper published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Adolescence is marked by profound biological transformation, and at the heart of it is puberty. The timing of puberty (i.e., whether a young person matures earlier or later than their peers) has been consistently linked to increased risk for depression, particularly in girls. This developmental period is also accompanied by substantial…
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