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Science News: Brain Activity Patterns After Trauma May Predict Long-Term Mental Health

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Brain Activity Patterns After Trauma May Predict Long-Term Mental Health

The way a person's brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, is part of the NIMH-funded AURORA study, a large-scale, multisite study that followed more than 3,000 people for up to a year after exposure to a traumatic event.

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