Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science

by Elaine F. Walker and Daniel Romer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195306260
• ISBN13: 9780195306262
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.4"