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 33
... young people mature and learn, despite increases in specific problems and detours along the roads to adulthood. During the second decade of life, there are major gains across multiple domains of adaptation in basic capabilities and ...
... young people mature and learn, despite increases in specific problems and detours along the roads to adulthood. During the second decade of life, there are major gains across multiple domains of adaptation in basic capabilities and ...
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... young people are expected to become competent with respect to adult roles such as supporting a family, rearing children, and contributing to the community. As youth develop, the standards for meeting developmental tasks also increase ...
... young people are expected to become competent with respect to adult roles such as supporting a family, rearing children, and contributing to the community. As youth develop, the standards for meeting developmental tasks also increase ...
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... young people regulate affect, attention, or behavior more effectively cannot be expected to undue all the damage to social relationships, cumulative academic achievement, financial ruin, or one's record in the legal system. Accurately ...
... young people regulate affect, attention, or behavior more effectively cannot be expected to undue all the damage to social relationships, cumulative academic achievement, financial ruin, or one's record in the legal system. Accurately ...
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... young people (Luthar, 2003, 2006; Masten, 2001, 2004; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998; Masten & Powell, 2003). Thus, it is possible to comprise a reasonably stable “short list” of assets and protective factors associated with resilience ...
... young people (Luthar, 2003, 2006; Masten, 2001, 2004; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998; Masten & Powell, 2003). Thus, it is possible to comprise a reasonably stable “short list” of assets and protective factors associated with resilience ...
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... young people who enter this period with a track record of poor adaptation and few resources or protection, the road can be very rocky and there are sharp increases over these years in emotional distress or depression, the risk for ...
... young people who enter this period with a track record of poor adaptation and few resources or protection, the road can be very rocky and there are sharp increases over these years in emotional distress or depression, the risk for ...
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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