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Brain Maturation, Poverty And Social Exclusion: Shifting Paradigms Of Psychopathology, Amresh Srivastava
Brain Maturation, Poverty And Social Exclusion: Shifting Paradigms Of Psychopathology, Amresh Srivastava
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Poverty is a major risk factor for mental disorders. Neuroimaging studies show path are breaking findings to explain why ppeople living in poverty suffer from improper development and maturation of brain due to neuronal loss. It sets in much before the child is born and leads to increased vulnerability for mental disorders.
Recent findings show that changes in brain structure and function due to lack of brain maturation is directly related to poverty. A number of these changes are end result of neuronal survival in the most fundamental neuronal matrix. These findings along with other biological correlates …