Researching the teenage brain to reveal the causes of anxiety
Armita Golkar is doing research on this sensitive period in the hope that new findings will improve the treatment of mental illness.
Armita Golkar, associate professor in psychology at Stockholm University and Wallenberg Academy Fellow. Photo: KAW/Magnus Bergström
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Many millions of people have been diagnosed with anxiety. Most of them meet the diagnostic criteria even in their teens. Yet research in this field often focuses on adults. Armita Golkar, associate professor in psychology at Stockholm University and Wallenberg Academy Fellow, thinks it is time for a new approach.
