by GINNY SMITH (@GinnySmithSci)
Mental health conditions are not only common, they’re increasing, with one report estimating that 1 in 6 children had a probable mental health condition in 2021. The NHS spends £15.5 billion every year on treatment and still thousands of people who could benefit from help are unable to access it. But what if there was a way to detect people who were at risk of developing a mental health condition, and intervene, before they even began experiencing symptoms? That’s exactly what a new paper, published in the journal NeuroImage, claims to have done.