Adolescent psychopathology and the developing brain : integrating brain and prevention science / / edited by Daniel Romer and Elaine F. Walker.

• Author: Annenberg Public Policy Center.
• TeilnehmendeR: Romer, Daniel, 1946-; Walker, Elaine F.; Annenberg Public Policy Center.; Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 514 p., [15] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.).
• Notes: "A project of the Adolescent Risk Communication Institute of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."

Table of Contents

The developing brain and adolescent-typical behavior patterns: an evolutionary approach / Linda Spear -- Competence, resilience, and development in adolescence: clues for prevention science / Ann S. Masten -- Mapping adolescent brain maturation using structural magnetic resonance imaging / Elizabeth R. Sowell, Paul M. Thompson, and Arthur W. Toga -- The metamorphosis: individuation of the adolescent brain / Don M. Tucker and Lyda Moller -- Transcriptional regulation in schizophrenia / Scott E. Hemby and Joann A. O'Connor -- Stress effects on the developing brain / Megan R. Gunnar -- Maternal programming of defensive responses through sustained effects on gene expression / Michael J. Meaney -- Neuropeptides and the development of social behaviors: implications for adolescent psychopathology / Karen L. Bales and C. Sue Carter -- The effects of early deprivation on brain-behavioral development: the Bucharest early intervention project / Charles A. Nelson III, Charles H. Zeanah, and Nathan A. Fox -- Social stress, affect, and neural function in adolescence / Erin B. McClure and Daniel S. Pine -- Stress-induced pathophysiology within the schizophrenia patient brain: a model for the delayed onset of psychosis and its circumvention by anxiolytic agents / Anthony A. Grace -- Neurohormones, neurodevelopment, and the prodrome of psychosis in adolescence / Elaine F. Walker, Amanda McMillan, and Vijay Mittal --

The adolescent surge in depression and emergence of gender differences: a biocognitive vulnerability-stress model in developmental context / Lauren B. Alloy and Lyn Y. Abramson -- Early identification and prevention of early-onset bipolar disorder / Kiki Chang, Kim Gallelli, and Meghan Howe -- Resilience and vulnerability to trauma: psychobiological mechanisms / Nicole S. Cooper ... [et al.] -- The developing adolescent brain in socioeconomic context / Martha J. Farah, Kimberly G. Noble, and Hallam Hurt -- Brain development as a vulnerability factor in the etiology of substance abuse and addiction / Charles P. O'Brien -- Modifying brain networks underlying self-regulation / M. Rosario Rueda ... [et al.] -- The BrainWise curriculum: neurocognitive development intervention program / Patricia Gorman Barry and Marilyn Welsh -- The role of preventive interventions in enhancing neurocognitive functioning and promoting competence in adolescence / Mark T. Greenberg, Nathaniel R. Riggs, and Clancy Blair.