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Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain - Integrating Brain and Prevention Science (Paperback, New)
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Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain - Integrating Brain and Prevention Science (Paperback, New)
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Many of those who frequently interact with adolescents have
resigned themselves to the fact that the period between childhood
and adulthood is inevitably characterized by risky and unhealthy
behavior and also a time when previously healthy children will
experience the first signs of mental disorder. Likewise, the
popular media often present the adolescent brain as a work in
progress, unprepared for the developmental changes that drive
unhealthy behavior, and vulnerable to the genetic influences that
seem to undermine mental health. But in the last decade, scientists
have come to grasp the plasticity of the adolescent brain. Although
important findings from both animal and human research show the
effects of early maltreatment on brain development and how these
effects can be transmitted across generations, new advances in our
understanding also promise strategies for reversing these and other
genetic predispositions. Research now suggests that mental health
professionals and concerned parents may be able to take advantage
of adolescent brain plasticity by fortifying strengths, avoiding
maladaptive behaviors, and counteracting genes that would otherwise
promote mental disorder. At one time considered mutually exclusive,
according to the argument diligently supported by Daniel Romer and
Elaine Walker, nature and nurture actually work in concert, shaping
the development of the mature individual. The implications for our
views of the treatability of mental disorder could be dramatic. A
central question which this volume addresses is: With treatment and
preventive interventions, can we enhance healthy functioning,
prevent potential maladaptive behavior, and alter the developmental
course ofpsychological disorders? In June 2005, a diverse group of
psychologists, neuroscientists, and researchers came together at
University of Pennsylvanias Annenberg Public Policy Center to
discuss this question theoretically and practically from a variety
of perspectives. The presentations from this fruitful meeting have
been synthesized into Adolescent Psychopathohlogy and the
Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science, a
collection that offers prevention and neuroscience researchers the
knowledge and background to embark on the study of developmental
psychopathology, and the rationale to chart a new course.
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