About the Study

During adolescence, the brain undergoes major change. Researchers at the University of Minnesota are working to better understand brain development during early-to-mid adolescence. In particular, this study is focused on the brain systems that manage negative emotion, self-understanding, and impulse-control. BRIDGES is working to understand how self-injury (a common problem in teenagers) influences brain development by studying the change in the brain and behavior patterns over time in girls with versus without self-injury.

We are no longer recruiting participants for this study.