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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... depression in adolescents. Finally, Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah and Nathan A. Fox describe the work that ... depression in adolescence that combines the effects of both social stressors and normative brain development processes ...
... depression in adolescents. Finally, Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah and Nathan A. Fox describe the work that ... depression in adolescence that combines the effects of both social stressors and normative brain development processes ...
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... depression, and have demonstrated that social competence predicted changes in depressed affect over time, whereas the reverse was not found. Cole et al. (1997) suggest that this effect is mediated by perceived competence. There is also ...
... depression, and have demonstrated that social competence predicted changes in depressed affect over time, whereas the reverse was not found. Cole et al. (1997) suggest that this effect is mediated by perceived competence. There is also ...
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... depression or anxiety can interfere with adaptive functioning in the environment. Some would argue that particularly ... depressed mood, anxiety or panic, and so on. On the other hand, no matter how well a person feels and sleeps, if the ...
... depression or anxiety can interfere with adaptive functioning in the environment. Some would argue that particularly ... depressed mood, anxiety or panic, and so on. On the other hand, no matter how well a person feels and sleeps, if the ...
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... Depression (Elder, 1999) affected adolescents primarily through its effects on their parents (e.g., depression, irritability, or marital conflict undermine parenting quality, which leads to problems in children), more directly (e.g. ...
... Depression (Elder, 1999) affected adolescents primarily through its effects on their parents (e.g., depression, irritability, or marital conflict undermine parenting quality, which leads to problems in children), more directly (e.g. ...
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... depression, the risk for substance use and dependence or other risky behaviors, and criminal behavior, particularly among high-risk youth. Young people who were already showing resilience often continue to do well, though some flounder ...
... depression, the risk for substance use and dependence or other risky behaviors, and criminal behavior, particularly among high-risk youth. Young people who were already showing resilience often continue to do well, though some flounder ...
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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