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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... volume is not ubiquitous during adolescence, with developmental increases in gray matter volume seen in certain subcortical regions of the adolescent including the amygdala and hippocampus (Giedd et al., 1997), as well as in the ...
... volume is not ubiquitous during adolescence, with developmental increases in gray matter volume seen in certain subcortical regions of the adolescent including the amygdala and hippocampus (Giedd et al., 1997), as well as in the ...
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... volume). The pathways to these problems are undoubtedly complex and highly variable from person to person, but it is certainly possible that multiple difficulties arise in the same individuals and across individuals from dysfunctions or ...
... volume). The pathways to these problems are undoubtedly complex and highly variable from person to person, but it is certainly possible that multiple difficulties arise in the same individuals and across individuals from dysfunctions or ...
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... volume; Masten, 2001; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998; Masten et al., 2006; Weissberg, Kumpfer, & Seligman, 2003). Similarly, it would be possible to design an intervention strategically to interrupt a developmental cascade or progression ...
... volume; Masten, 2001; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998; Masten et al., 2006; Weissberg, Kumpfer, & Seligman, 2003). Similarly, it would be possible to design an intervention strategically to interrupt a developmental cascade or progression ...
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... volume illustrate the burgeoning interestin developmental neuroscience and brain plasticity and the profound implications for preventive interventions of the adaptability of primary adaptive systems during development, discussed further ...
... volume illustrate the burgeoning interestin developmental neuroscience and brain plasticity and the profound implications for preventive interventions of the adaptability of primary adaptive systems during development, discussed further ...
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... volume; Rueda, Rothbart, Saccomanno, & Posner, this volume; and other papers in this volume). It may also be possible to prevent the development of mental disorders through preventive interventions with genetically vulnerable ...
... volume; Rueda, Rothbart, Saccomanno, & Posner, this volume; and other papers in this volume). It may also be possible to prevent the development of mental disorders through preventive interventions with genetically vulnerable ...
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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