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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Page 19
... suggests that during adolescence the brain is sculpted to transform the brain of the child into a more energy efficient brain of the adult. Some of these alterations are regressive, with a loss of a notable proportion of excitatory ...
... suggests that during adolescence the brain is sculpted to transform the brain of the child into a more energy efficient brain of the adult. Some of these alterations are regressive, with a loss of a notable proportion of excitatory ...
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... suggest that this effect is mediated by perceived competence. There is also evidence that academic failure (often leading to school dropout) contributes to externalizing symptoms, possibly by increasing affiliation with deviant peers or ...
... suggest that this effect is mediated by perceived competence. There is also evidence that academic failure (often leading to school dropout) contributes to externalizing symptoms, possibly by increasing affiliation with deviant peers or ...
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... suggest that initial problems of conduct and self-control early in development lead to academic or social problems or both, either of which then contribute to worsening antisocial behavior and/or internalizing symptoms (for reviews of ...
... suggest that initial problems of conduct and self-control early in development lead to academic or social problems or both, either of which then contribute to worsening antisocial behavior and/or internalizing symptoms (for reviews of ...
Page 43
... suggest a resilience framework for practice that has shifted away from deficit- or disease-based approaches to more strength- and competencefocused models, infusing more positive goals, measures, methods, and targets of intervention ...
... suggest a resilience framework for practice that has shifted away from deficit- or disease-based approaches to more strength- and competencefocused models, infusing more positive goals, measures, methods, and targets of intervention ...
Page 45
... suggest that there must be significant influences at work directing the behavior of young people toward acceptable mainstream adult behavior. Again, youth who enter the years from 18 to 25 with a solid foundation of competence and ...
... suggest that there must be significant influences at work directing the behavior of young people toward acceptable mainstream adult behavior. Again, youth who enter the years from 18 to 25 with a solid foundation of competence and ...
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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