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Adolescent Brain Development (Paperback)
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Adolescent Brain Development (Paperback)
Series: Colloquium Series on The Developing Brain
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Humans have a very prolonged period of postnatal development. Many
believe that development is essentially complete by adulthood;
however, this is not the case. Extensive developmental events occur
within the brain during adolescence, and some of these do not reach
completion until the fourth decade of life, especially within
regions of the brain that play an important role in cognitive
functioning and cognitive-emotional integration, such as the
prefrontal cortex. The realization that our brains continue to
change their functional capacity up into the thirties has many
important implications related to health, education, and legal
policies. Furthermore, this notion should be incorporated into
research in the rapidly expanding field of epigenetics, which aims
to examine the gene-environment interaction in developing
individuals and the mechanisms by which environmental factors can
steer developmental processes toward specific outcomes. Here, we
will review what is known about adolescent/young adult brain
development and examine how it relates to ongoing behavioral
changes. Additionally, we will attempt to identify factors that
make an individual more vulnerable or resistant to developing
psychological disorders. Finally, we will discuss innovative mental
health treatment strategies that are being developed to increase
adolescent resilience, and we will suggest ways to promote
adolescent/young adult resilience in the community.
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