‘Pruning’ brain connection problems linked to mental health disorders

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Problems with the brain’s ‘pruning’ brain connections could be why adolescents are at risk from a range of mental health disorders, new international research suggests today.

The study, led by researchers in the UK, China and Germany, may help explain why people are often affected by more than one mental health disorder. The findings, published in Nature Medicine, could lay the foundations to help identify those at greatest risk.