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Science & Medicine: Scanning the brain to improve treatment for traumatized teens

Science & Medicine: Scanning the brain to improve treatment for traumatized teens

Around 20% of teens who have experienced emotional trauma don't respond to talk…

Petrie Dish · Bonnie Petrie

December 15, 20242m 10s

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Around 20% of teens who have experienced emotional trauma don't respond to talk therapy. UT Health San Antonio is using neuroimaging to track brain changes in traumatized teens during a course of therapy to see if they can figure out why, which could lead to the development of more personalized treatments that will help more teens heal.