Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention ScienceRecent 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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This book is the result of a conference held at the University of Pennsylvania on June 17–18, 2005, that brought together a distinguished group of researchers interested in brain development and mental health. The meeting was organized ...
This book is the result of a conference held at the University of Pennsylvania on June 17–18, 2005, that brought together a distinguished group of researchers interested in brain development and mental health. The meeting was organized ...
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We hoped that researchers from both traditions would be better able to bring about a synthesis of the implications of the new knowledge about brain development to the problem of designing preventative interventions for mental disorder.
We hoped that researchers from both traditions would be better able to bring about a synthesis of the implications of the new knowledge about brain development to the problem of designing preventative interventions for mental disorder.
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Martha Farah, Kimberly G. Noble, and Hallam Hurt describe research they have conducted to characterize the areas of the brain that are affected by chronic poverty conditions experienced by poor urban youth.
Martha Farah, Kimberly G. Noble, and Hallam Hurt describe research they have conducted to characterize the areas of the brain that are affected by chronic poverty conditions experienced by poor urban youth.
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Annual Review of Sex Research, 3, 291–328. Bobee, S., Mariette, E., Tremblay-Leveau, H., & Caston, J. (2000). Effects of early midline cerebellar lesion on cognitive and emotional functions in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research, 112, ...
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Developmental Brain Research, 94, 144–151. Chugani, H. T. (1996). Neuroimaging of developmental nonlinearity and developmental pathologies. In R. W. Thatcher, G. R. Lyon, J. Rumsey, & N. Krasnegor (Eds.), Developmental neuroimaging: ...
Developmental Brain Research, 94, 144–151. Chugani, H. T. (1996). Neuroimaging of developmental nonlinearity and developmental pathologies. In R. W. Thatcher, G. R. Lyon, J. Rumsey, & N. Krasnegor (Eds.), Developmental neuroimaging: ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
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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| Title | Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science Adolescent Mental Health Initiative Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative |
| Editors | Daniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0198041802, 9780198041801 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Neurology Psychology / Developmental / General |
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