Mental health problems in adulthood are commonly reported to originate from childhood adversities, but a study has found that people who experienced early life stress may instead develop resilience. Haeme Park, a senior postdoctoral fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) said not everyone who experiences childhood trauma will develop a higher probability for mental disorders. “What our research found was that being exposed to trauma in early life can have a marked effect on both brain structure and wellbeing into adulthood, but this does not always lead to an ongoing negative mental health outcome,” she said in a release. Recently published in Nature’s Translational Psychiatry, the study observed 242 healthy Australian adults and compared those who have and haven’t experienced significant stress in their early life. Then the researchers examined their brains to see how structural networks might differ between resilient and non-resilient people. The scientists from NeuRA in collaboration …