Brain function growth charts could spark early intervention

In an editorial published April 13th in JAMA Psychiatry, NHGRI Investigator Philip Shaw, M.D., Ph.D., reviews a study that tried to develop growth charts for childhood brain function. Such "neuropsychiatric" charts, though challenging to create, could help health care providers detect when a child's brain function is beginning to go "off-track," and trigger further assessment and intervention.
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