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Title The effects of early adversity on neurobehavioral development / edited by Charles A. Nelson, the University of Minnesota
Published New York : Psychology Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations
Series Minnesota symposia on child psychology ; volume 31
Minnesota symposia on child psychology (Series) ; v. 31.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Early Nutrition and Brain Development; 2. The Relation of Very Low Birthweight to Basic Cognitive Skills in Infancy and Childhood; 3. Teratogenic Insult and Neurobehavioral Function in Infancy and Childhood; 4. Medical and Developmental Sequelae of Early Childhood Institutionalization in Eastern European Adoptees; 5. Early Adversity and the Development of Stress Reactivity and Regulation; 6. Effect of Prenatal Stress on Development: A Nonhuman Primate Model
7. On the Origins of a Vulnerability to Depression: The Influence of the Early Social Environment on the Development of Psychobiological Systems Related to Risk for Affective Disorder8. Familial and Genetic Factors and Psychopathology; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary There has been a burgeoning of interest in the relation between biological development--particularly brain development--and behavioral development. This shift in focus does a better job of reflecting the whole child and all of development. Not surprisingly, many of the individuals who are concerned with the theoretical side of brain-behavior relations are also concerned with the more practical side. The chapters that comprise this 31st volume of the Minnesota Symposium series collectively capture the subtle dance between the biological and behavioral aspects of early adversity as it influences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed 10/13/2014)
Subject Child psychopathology -- Etiology
Pediatric neuropsychiatry.
Prenatal influences.
Stress in children.
Child psychopathology -- Etiology
Pediatric neuropsychiatry
Prenatal influences
Stress in children
Form Electronic book
Author Nelson, Charles A., III (Charles Alexander), editor.
ISBN 9781410605344
1410605345