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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... resilience in developmental psychopathology. The search for understanding the etiology of mental illnesses and problems gave rise to research on resilience, as well as the integrative science of developmental psychopathology in the late ...
... resilience in developmental psychopathology. The search for understanding the etiology of mental illnesses and problems gave rise to research on resilience, as well as the integrative science of developmental psychopathology in the late ...
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... resilience in the lives of the people they were observing. Resilience in human development generally refers to positive adjustment among individuals exposed to serious threats to adaptation or development; in other words, doing well in ...
... resilience in the lives of the people they were observing. Resilience in human development generally refers to positive adjustment among individuals exposed to serious threats to adaptation or development; in other words, doing well in ...
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... resilience, and psychopathology, this chapter highlights ideas and findings pertinent to prevention and adolescence. The first section is focused on competence and the developmental tasks of adolescence. The next section describes the ...
... resilience, and psychopathology, this chapter highlights ideas and findings pertinent to prevention and adolescence. The first section is focused on competence and the developmental tasks of adolescence. The next section describes the ...
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... the same individuals and across individuals from dysfunctions or breakdowns in fundamental adaptive systems. Those systems could be located within the organism (e.g., dysfunctions Competence, Resilience, and Development 35.
... the same individuals and across individuals from dysfunctions or breakdowns in fundamental adaptive systems. Those systems could be located within the organism (e.g., dysfunctions Competence, Resilience, and Development 35.
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... resilience.) Symptoms of Mental Disorders Undermine Competence It is also possible that the symptoms of a disorder, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or autism, are so impairing that they undermine effective behavior in multiple ...
... resilience.) Symptoms of Mental Disorders Undermine Competence It is also possible that the symptoms of a disorder, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or autism, are so impairing that they undermine effective behavior in multiple ...
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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