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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... factors that enable young people to face both external and internal challenges to their healthy development. She highlights the importance of external supports and experiences that can carry adolescents through the rough periods and ...
... factors that enable young people to face both external and internal challenges to their healthy development. She highlights the importance of external supports and experiences that can carry adolescents through the rough periods and ...
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... factors may contribute to the delayed emergence or decline in symptomatology during the adolescent period. In some instances, manifestation of some early appearing deficits may decline developmentally as the brain is restructured and ...
... factors may contribute to the delayed emergence or decline in symptomatology during the adolescent period. In some instances, manifestation of some early appearing deficits may decline developmentally as the brain is restructured and ...
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... Factors influencing elevated ethanol consumption in adolescent relative adult rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 1796–1808. Douglas, L. A., Varlinskaya, E.I., & Spear, L. P. (2003). Novel object place conditioning ...
... Factors influencing elevated ethanol consumption in adolescent relative adult rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 1796–1808. Douglas, L. A., Varlinskaya, E.I., & Spear, L. P. (2003). Novel object place conditioning ...
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... factors, genetically influenced vulnerabilities, and other shared mediating influences could account for the co-occurrence of competence problems and psychopathology in the same adolescent. Parental neglect or maltreatment, bad ...
... factors, genetically influenced vulnerabilities, and other shared mediating influences could account for the co-occurrence of competence problems and psychopathology in the same adolescent. Parental neglect or maltreatment, bad ...
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... factors, or the powerful and broad mediating impact of key relationships, as found in the role of parenting or romantic partners. (The topic of adversity and competence is discussed further in the later section on resilience.) Symptoms ...
... factors, or the powerful and broad mediating impact of key relationships, as found in the role of parenting or romantic partners. (The topic of adversity and competence is discussed further in the later section on resilience.) Symptoms ...
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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