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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... childhood through adolescence has increased dramatically in the last decade and that this greater understanding opened new opportunities to prevent the mental disorders that often emerge during adolescence. One of the most exciting ...
... childhood through adolescence has increased dramatically in the last decade and that this greater understanding opened new opportunities to prevent the mental disorders that often emerge during adolescence. One of the most exciting ...
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... childhood, developmental changes in brain continue to be elaborated (see Ornitz, 1996, for review), even in forebrain regions including the prefrontal cortex (see Happaney et al., 2004), whose ontogeny is relatively protracted, with ...
... childhood, developmental changes in brain continue to be elaborated (see Ornitz, 1996, for review), even in forebrain regions including the prefrontal cortex (see Happaney et al., 2004), whose ontogeny is relatively protracted, with ...
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... childhood gradually declining to reach the more moderate utilization rates typical of the adult. Levels of oxygen utilization have been used to index neural activation, given that activity of neurons and their associated support cells ...
... childhood gradually declining to reach the more moderate utilization rates typical of the adult. Levels of oxygen utilization have been used to index neural activation, given that activity of neurons and their associated support cells ...
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... childhood through adolescence and well into adulthood, with generally more rostral (frontal) regions maturing more slowly (e.g., Gogtay et al., 2004; Sowell et al., 2003). Prominent among the changes observed are highly consistent ...
... childhood through adolescence and well into adulthood, with generally more rostral (frontal) regions maturing more slowly (e.g., Gogtay et al., 2004; Sowell et al., 2003). Prominent among the changes observed are highly consistent ...
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... during adolescence (e.g., Tourette's syndrome: Kurlan, 1992; childhood epilepsy: Saugstad, 1994). In research with laboratory animals as well, various examples of alleviation or emergence Adolescent-Typical Behavior Patterns 21.
... during adolescence (e.g., Tourette's syndrome: Kurlan, 1992; childhood epilepsy: Saugstad, 1994). In research with laboratory animals as well, various examples of alleviation or emergence Adolescent-Typical Behavior Patterns 21.
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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