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Study reveals brain changes in teenage girls with severe antisocial behaviour

"The origins of these changes could be due to being born with a particular brain dysfunction or it could be due to exposure to adverse environments, such as a distressing experience early in life, that could have an impact on the way the brain develops," said Dr Andy Calder, a coauthor on the study based at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Professor Ian Goodyer, who led the research at the University of Cambridge, said: "It costs the Government ten times as much to support a child with conduct disorder into adulthood compared to a child without behaviour problems.
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