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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... throughout adolescence suggested to scientists, as well as the press, that the adolescent brain was a work in progress that was not prepared for the debut of so many of the behaviors that are first attempted in 1 Introduction.
... throughout adolescence suggested to scientists, as well as the press, that the adolescent brain was a work in progress that was not prepared for the debut of so many of the behaviors that are first attempted in 1 Introduction.
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... suggesting that adverse effects on the stress response system produced by neglectful parenting can be reversed by ... suggest some strategies to reverse these processes. In part V, we move to a discussion of potentially reversible ...
... suggesting that adverse effects on the stress response system produced by neglectful parenting can be reversed by ... suggest some strategies to reverse these processes. In part V, we move to a discussion of potentially reversible ...
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... suggested to reflect a fine-tuning of neural connectivity in these cortical regions (see Woo et al., 1997). Thus, the evidence to date supports the conclusion that the often dramatic pruning of synapses during adolescence largely does ...
... suggested to reflect a fine-tuning of neural connectivity in these cortical regions (see Woo et al., 1997). Thus, the evidence to date supports the conclusion that the often dramatic pruning of synapses during adolescence largely does ...
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... suggesting that adolescents and adults may differ in patterns of brain activation even when they are performing similarly on a task (Rubia et al., 2000). A like conclusion was reached in work using electrophysiological measures (e.g. ...
... suggesting that adolescents and adults may differ in patterns of brain activation even when they are performing similarly on a task (Rubia et al., 2000). A like conclusion was reached in work using electrophysiological measures (e.g. ...
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... suggestion that there is a developmental shift in the balance between mesolimbic/ striatal and mesocortical DA systems during adolescence (Andersen, 2003; Spear, 2000), with mesocortical DA influences peaking early in adolescence ...
... suggestion that there is a developmental shift in the balance between mesolimbic/ striatal and mesocortical DA systems during adolescence (Andersen, 2003; Spear, 2000), with mesocortical DA influences peaking early in adolescence ...
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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