Gaps exist between our understanding of adolescent brain development and clinical
research involving the treatment of adolescents with emerging or established psychiatric …

In a remarkably short period of time–about ten years, by my estimation-the developmental
neuroscience of adolescence has matured from a field in its infancy to one that is now …

In the past 35 years, developmental psychopathology has grown into a flourishing discipline
that shares a scientific agenda with contemporary psychiatry. In this editorial, which …

Adolescence is a period of heightened emotionality and increased risk for mental illness,
affecting as many as one in five persons. This article reviews recent human imaging and …

Background: Significant advances in understanding brain development and behavior have
not been accompanied by revisions of traditional academic structure. Disciplinary isolation …

The peak age of onset for many psychiatric disorders is adolescence, a time of remarkable
physical and behavioural changes. The processes in the brain that underlie these …

The transition from childhood to adulthood represents the developmental time frame in
which the majority of psychiatric disorders emerge. Recent efforts to identify risk factors …

Understanding the role of brain changes in adolescent behavior and development. Linda
Spear provides a detailed and illuminating overview of the genetic, hormonal, and …

This article introduces and summarizes the goals of the symposium. It also provides an
overview of a conceptual framework for understanding adolescence, which emphasizes how …

This chapter aims at stimulating the development of a research agenda that will lead to
identifying specific developmental processes for specific types of psychopathology in ways …