Pubertal timing, brain development and mental health in adolescence

青春期的青春期时机、大脑发育和心理健康

• 批准号: nhmrc : 1082668
• 负责人: A/Pr Sarah Whittle
• 金额: $ 52.48万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/pubertal-timing-brain-health-adolescence/518893
• 关键词: Pubertal; timing; brain; development; mental

Early timing of puberty is known to be associated with future mental health problems. This study aims to investigate whether children who go through adrenarche (an earlier phase of maturation) early are at risk for poor mental health during adolescence, and whether abnormal brain development is responsible for linking early adrenarche and mental health outcomes. The results of this research will have implications for the early detection of children at risk for mental health problems.

众所周知，青春期提前与未来的心理健康问题有关。本研究旨在调查早期经历肾上腺初现（成熟的早期阶段）的儿童是否在青春期面临心理健康状况不佳的风险，以及大脑发育异常是否与早期肾上腺初现和心理健康结果相关。这项研究的结果将对早期发现有心理健康问题风险的儿童产生影响。