Sarah Whittle

Excellent keynote by @BronwynM_Graham at #AS4SAN2024 on hormonal contributions to female mental health. Take-homes 1. Pregnancy is like adolescence in terms of extent of brain changes. 2. Yes, hormone variation impacts female behaviour, but it’s likely to impact males too.

#AS4SAN2024 kicked off with an excellent keynote by Lindsay Oberman, speaking about her TMS work. Keen to read a memoir from a participant in one of her studies, who experienced changes in their emotional functioning post TMS. @AS4SANinc

In new work, we found that relative increases in amygdala volume and temporal, insula, and occipital cortical thickness across adolescence are associated with risk for depression. Preprint up!
researchsquare.com/article/rs-426…
With @Divyanganar @nandiVij @Prof_Nick_Allen @OrliSchwartz

Check out our new preprint! We review neuroimaging evidence supporting theories of neural mediators and moderators of environment-mental health associations in children and adolescents.
osf.io/preprints/psya…
With @Divyanganar @LucyZhng
Feedback welcome!

Great to chat about our work on puberty and brain development today at UoM’s Science Expo @SAND_MNC @MNC_Psychiatry @UniMelbMDHS #ScienceWeek