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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... associated networks during adolescence. When using such animal models, however, it is important to consider potential species differences in the homology of particular brain regions and the comparability of their organization (Preuss ...
... associated networks during adolescence. When using such animal models, however, it is important to consider potential species differences in the homology of particular brain regions and the comparability of their organization (Preuss ...
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... associated alterations in cerebellum and their potential contribution to cognitive and emotional development has begun to emerge more recently. The adolescent cerebellum is of particular interest given data showing cerebellar influences ...
... associated alterations in cerebellum and their potential contribution to cognitive and emotional development has begun to emerge more recently. The adolescent cerebellum is of particular interest given data showing cerebellar influences ...
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... Associated Neural Transformations for Normal and Atypical Adolescent Behaviors Adolescent sculpting in PFC and ... associated with these rewards. The postulated attenuation in mesolimbic DA activity associated with a shift towards ...
... Associated Neural Transformations for Normal and Atypical Adolescent Behaviors Adolescent sculpting in PFC and ... associated with these rewards. The postulated attenuation in mesolimbic DA activity associated with a shift towards ...
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... associated emergence of overt symptomatology such as schizophrenia are examples where considerable reductions in symptomatology are often observed during adolescence (e.g., Tourette's syndrome: Kurlan, 1992; childhood epilepsy: Saugstad ...
... associated emergence of overt symptomatology such as schizophrenia are examples where considerable reductions in symptomatology are often observed during adolescence (e.g., Tourette's syndrome: Kurlan, 1992; childhood epilepsy: Saugstad ...
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... associated with pathological outcomes, rather than a specific gene or set of genes, because the genes associated with vulnerability had not been identified. That is rapidly changing as gene mapping becomes more feasible, and there is ...
... associated with pathological outcomes, rather than a specific gene or set of genes, because the genes associated with vulnerability had not been identified. That is rapidly changing as gene mapping becomes more feasible, and there is ...
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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