Psychotic symptoms are associated with lower cortical folding in youth at risk for mental illness

Conclusion: Psychotic symptoms in youth are associated with cortical folding deficits, even in the absence of psychotic illness. The current study helps clarify the neurodevelopmental basis of psychosis at an early stage, before medication, drug use and other confounds have had a persistent effect on the brain.
PMID: 31674733 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience - November 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: J Psychiatry Neurosci Source Type: research