Divided into 5 parts, this book talks about: biological and social universals in development; characteristics of brain and behaviour in development; and effects of early maltreatment and stress on brain development. It also deals with the effects of stress and other environmental influences during adolescence on brain development.

SECTION 1: BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL UNIVERSALS IN DEVELOPMENT; SECTION 2: CHARACTERISTICS OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR IN DEVELOPMENT; SECTION 3: EFFECTS OF EARLY MALTREATMENT AND STRESS ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; SECTION 4: EFFECTS OF STRESS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES DURING ADOLESCENCE; SECTION 5: REVERSIBLE DISORDERS OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; SECTION 6: EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR ENHANCED NEUROCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

"Romer and Walker have done an excellent job of pulling together several themes which capture the miltidisciplinary nature of the relationship between adolescent psychopathology and brain development...The book is suitable for use in an advanced undergraduate or graduate class, but is also meaty enough for consumption by professional researchers...If one does read the chapters in the order presented, there is a fair amount of shifting back and forth between those that highlight neuroscience findings and those with a more psychosocial point of view...this is an organizational stroke of genius...a text whose appearance is long overdue."--Journal of Youth Adolescence "Romer and Walker have done an excellent job of pulling together several themes which capture the miltidisciplinary nature of the relationship between adolescent psychopathology and brain development...The book is suitable for use in an advanced undergraduate or graduate class, but is also meaty enough for consumption by professional researchers...If one does read the chapters in the order presented, there is a fair amount of shifting back and forth between those that highlight neuroscience findings and those with a more psychosocial point of view...this is an organizational stroke of genius...a text whose appearance is long overdue."--Journal of Youth Adolescence

Selling point: Unique interdisciplinary volume brings together crucial knowledge from a wide array of leading scientists Selling point: Comprehensive look at a subject area that has developed a great deal recently with new research Selling point: Logical structure and flow based on the book's origins in a conference

Selling point: Unique interdisciplinary volume brings together crucial knowledge from a wide array of leading scientists Selling point: Comprehensive look at a subject area that has developed a great deal recently with new research Selling point: Logical structure and flow based on the book's origins in a conference