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Synchrony between brain age maturation and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence

2026-01-02 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAdolescence is a period of rapid neurobiological and behavioural change, yet it remains unclear how deviations from normative brain maturation relate to the development of internalising and externalising symptoms. MethodsUsing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, we combined brain age prediction with bivariate latent growth curve (BLGC) models to test whether deviations in brain maturation - indexed by the brain age gap (BAG) - relate to mental health dev...

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