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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... levels of mesolimbic DA activity early in adolescence may contribute to the emergence of adolescent risk taking, given that attenuated DA activity in mesolimbic regions has been linked Adolescent-Typical Behavior Patterns 17.
... levels of mesolimbic DA activity early in adolescence may contribute to the emergence of adolescent risk taking, given that attenuated DA activity in mesolimbic regions has been linked Adolescent-Typical Behavior Patterns 17.
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... emerge more recently. The adolescent cerebellum is of particular interest given data showing cerebellar influences on cognition and affect in both humans (Kim et al., 1994; Schmahmann & Sherman, 1997) and rodents (Bobee et al., 2000) ...
... emerge more recently. The adolescent cerebellum is of particular interest given data showing cerebellar influences on cognition and affect in both humans (Kim et al., 1994; Schmahmann & Sherman, 1997) and rodents (Bobee et al., 2000) ...
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... emergence of mature cognitive capacities, including improvements observed during adolescence in aspects of executive function, response inhibition, attentional capacities, memory function (Casey et al., 2000; Luna et al., 2001; Pine et ...
... emergence of mature cognitive capacities, including improvements observed during adolescence in aspects of executive function, response inhibition, attentional capacities, memory function (Casey et al., 2000; Luna et al., 2001; Pine et ...
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... 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, 1994). In ...
... 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, 1994). In ...
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... emergence of symptomatology during adolescence have been observed. For instance, an adolescentassociated decline in outcome following early orbital frontal lesions in Rhesus monkeys contrasts with evidence for the emergence of more ...
... emergence of symptomatology during adolescence have been observed. For instance, an adolescentassociated decline in outcome following early orbital frontal lesions in Rhesus monkeys contrasts with evidence for the emergence of more ...
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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