Researchers identify specific brain circuits associated with anxiety in adolescents

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Add to Preferred Sources Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adolescence is a sensitive period for brain development and mental health, though the connection between the two is not fully understood. New research published in Imaging Neuroscience identifies a link between anxiety and specific brain circuits, which could become the targets of precision interventions to improve mental health outcomes in youth.

Many mental health disorders emerge in adolescence, emphasizing the importance of understanding associations between abnormal brain development and mental health problems. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital chose to study anxiety (including generalized and social anxiety disorders), which affects more than 30% of teens in the U.S.