Psychiatry has seen significant advances in our understanding of the neuroscience of development and the evolution of mental disorders in adolescents and younger adults. This allows us to educate our communities, combat stigma, identify individuals at high risk of developing mental disorders, and provide evidence-based interventions. These efforts are critical and may reduce chronicity and recurrence of mental disorders that contribute to accelerated biological aging and persistent disability. This allows psychiatry to re-envision its goal of preventing the development of mental disorders in early life, thereby reducing disease burden and service utilization across the lifespan.¹ These recent advances hold tremendous potential benefit for future generations.

精神病学在我们了解青少年和年轻人的神经发育以及精神障碍的发展方面已取得了重大进展。这使我们能够教育我们的社区，消除耻辱感，识别有发展为精神障碍的高风险的人，并提供循证干预措施。这些努力至关重要，可以减少导致加速生物衰老和持续残疾的精神疾病的慢性病和复发。这使精神病学可以重新设想其预防早年发展为精神疾病的目标，从而减少整个生命周期的疾病负担和服务利用。¹这些最新进展为子孙后代带来了巨大的潜在利益。