Why do many psychiatric disorders emerge during adolescence?

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Summary

The peak age of onset for many psychiatric disorders is adolescence, a time of remarkable physical and behavioural changes and answers to these questions might enable the understanding of mental health during adolescence.

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2008-11-12
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Synaptic pruning, Psychology, Neuroscience, Brain size, Brain development

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