Past abuse leads to loss of gray matter in brains of adolescents

Monday, December 5, 2011 - 18:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Adolescents who were abused and neglected have less gray matter in some areas of the brain than young people who have not been maltreated, a new Yale School of Medicine study shows. The brain areas...

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