2023-09-24 20:01:47
By Anne Prigent
Published 2 minutes ago, Updated 2 minutes ago
Professor Jean-Luc Martinot has carried out work showing that depression and anxiety lead to brain changes in adolescents even before symptoms appear. 351213493/zakalinka – stock.adobe.com
INTERVIEW – Child psychiatrist, Professor Jean-Luc Martinot pleads for early care for the most vulnerable adolescents.
Professor Jean-Luc Martinot heads the Inserm developmental trajectories and psychiatry research team, at the Borelli Center (École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay University). He has conducted work showing that depression and anxiety cause brain changes in adolescents even before symptoms appear. He pleads for early detection and treatment of the most vulnerable.
LE FIGARO. – What does it teach us brain imaging on the vulnerability of adolescents to depression?
Professor Jean-Luc MARTINOT. – By following a cohort of European adolescents aged 14 to 16 years, we found that changes in gray matter volume and white matter quality in certain brain regions at age 14 were a warning sign of Onset of depression at age 16. This is not to say that these changes are the only cause of depression, but they are a sign of vulnerability. They are…
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