A study published in Depression & Anxiety suggests that early-life instability is associated with adverse outcomes in adulthood, including anxiety and depression. Early-life is an especially formative time due to the brain’s rapid development. Many factors can adversely affect brain development, including poverty, abuse, trauma, malnutrition, neglect, and more. The new study sought to understand how negative effects of early life instability may contribute to symptoms of people at psychiatric risk. It is human nature to want stability, but what happens when those needs are not met in childhood?Read Long Article
