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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... processes in children and adolescents could be altered so that mental disorders might be prevented? (2) What interventions or life experiences might be able to introduce such changes? These were challenging questions, but we feel that ...
... processes in children and adolescents could be altered so that mental disorders might be prevented? (2) What interventions or life experiences might be able to introduce such changes? These were challenging questions, but we feel that ...
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... processes to explain the early rise of depression in female youth. They also suggest some strategies to reverse these processes. In part V, we move to a discussion of potentially reversible abnormalities in brain development and ...
... processes to explain the early rise of depression in female youth. They also suggest some strategies to reverse these processes. In part V, we move to a discussion of potentially reversible abnormalities in brain development and ...
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... process by which glial processes form protective sheaths of lipid (whose appearance is white in unstained tissue) around axons. The insulation provided by myelin speeds information flow down axons, and hence is presumed to result in ...
... process by which glial processes form protective sheaths of lipid (whose appearance is white in unstained tissue) around axons. The insulation provided by myelin speeds information flow down axons, and hence is presumed to result in ...
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... processes involved in competence and resilience, as well as those in psychopathology, held the promise of informing interventions to promote better development among high-risk children, to prevent mental illness, and to promote earlier ...
... processes involved in competence and resilience, as well as those in psychopathology, held the promise of informing interventions to promote better development among high-risk children, to prevent mental illness, and to promote earlier ...
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... processes and interactions at multiple levels of potential analysis, from the molecular to the macro-system level. Extensive research over the course of decades in multiple fields and disciplines has been directed at understanding the ...
... processes and interactions at multiple levels of potential analysis, from the molecular to the macro-system level. Extensive research over the course of decades in multiple fields and disciplines has been directed at understanding the ...
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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