Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention ScienceDaniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker Recent advances in our understanding of the human brain suggest that adolescence is a unique period of development during which both environmental and genetic influences can leave a lasting impression. To advance the goal of integrating brain and prevention science, two areas of research which do not usually communicate with one another, the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Adolescent Risk Communication Institute held a conference with the purpose of producing an integrated volume on this interdisciplinary area. Presenters/chapter contributors were asked to address two questions: What neurodevelopmental processes in children and adolescents could be altered so that mental disorders might be prevented? And what interventions or life experiences might be able to introduce such changes? The book has a 5-part structure: biological and social universals in development; characteristics of brain and behavior in development; effects of early maltreatment and stress on brain development; effects of stress and other environmental influences during adolescence on brain development; and reversible orders of brain development. The twenty chapters include contributions from some of the most well-known researchers in the area. |
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Page 14
... negative variation), with evidence emerging that under circumstances in which both children and adults show sustained attention, this task is accomplished by children using neural mechanisms that differ from those of adults, with ...
... negative variation), with evidence emerging that under circumstances in which both children and adults show sustained attention, this task is accomplished by children using neural mechanisms that differ from those of adults, with ...
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... negative feedback system to regulate rates of DA synthesis (Dumont et al., 2004). Also, PFC slices from adolescent rats do not show adult-typical depolarization in response to coactivation of DA D1 receptors and NMDA receptors, even ...
... negative feedback system to regulate rates of DA synthesis (Dumont et al., 2004). Also, PFC slices from adolescent rats do not show adult-typical depolarization in response to coactivation of DA D1 receptors and NMDA receptors, even ...
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... negative ones. Among the early developmental psychopathologists, several leading scientists, including Norman Garmezy, Michael Rutter, and Emmy Werner (Masten, 1989; Masten & Gewirtz, 2006), were intrigued with the phenomenon of ...
... negative ones. Among the early developmental psychopathologists, several leading scientists, including Norman Garmezy, Michael Rutter, and Emmy Werner (Masten, 1989; Masten & Gewirtz, 2006), were intrigued with the phenomenon of ...
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... negative deviance, and others on normative patterns. Some have focused on change itself and the transitions from one context or level of competence to another. Scaffolding is an important concept in the history of competence, capturing ...
... negative deviance, and others on normative patterns. Some have focused on change itself and the transitions from one context or level of competence to another. Scaffolding is an important concept in the history of competence, capturing ...
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... negative emotionality, poor impulse control, poor attention control, and stressful life events have been implicated in multiple problems of adolescence, including depression, antisocial behavior, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, as ...
... negative emotionality, poor impulse control, poor attention control, and stressful life events have been implicated in multiple problems of adolescence, including depression, antisocial behavior, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, as ...
Contents
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Characteristics of Brain and Behavior in Development | 53 |
Effects of Early Maltreatment and Stress on Brain Development | 125 |
Effects of Stress and Other Environmental Influences During Adolescence | 217 |
Reversible Disorders of Brain Development | 313 |
Educational Interventions for Enhanced Neurocognitive Development | 399 |
Conclusions | 463 |
Glossary | 475 |
Brain Locations | 490 |
Author Biographies | 492 |
Index | 501 |
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