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Forbes, Erika E.; Ryan, Neal D.; Phillips, Mary L.; Manuck, Stephen B.; Worthman, Carol M.; Moyles, Donna L.; Tarr, Jill A.; Sciarrillo, Samantha R.; Dahl, Ronald E. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: Changes in reward-related behavior are an important component of normal adolescent affective development. Understanding the neural underpinnings of these normative changes creates a foundation for investigating adolescence as a period of vulnerability to affective disorders, substance use disorders, and health problems. Studies of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Brain, Rewards, Puberty
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Lamb, Diane J.; Middeldorp, Christel M.; van Beijsterveldt, Catarina E. M.; Bartels, Meike; van der Aa, Niels; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To explain the differential course of anxiety and depression in individuals from childhood to adulthood by examining age-related changes in the genetic and environmental etiology of anxious and depressive symptoms. Method: A sample of 1470, 1839, and 2023 Dutch twins aged 12, 14, and 16 years reported on symptoms of anxious depression…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Nature Nurture Controversy, Risk, Children
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Wallien, Madeleine S.; Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The psychosexual outcome of 77 children with gender dysphoria is investigated. Results reveal that after puberty, most gender-dysphoric children will not remain as such. The outcome of gender-dysphoric children in terms of sexual orientation is also studied.
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Puberty, Depression (Psychology), Homosexuality
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Van Grootheest, Daniel S.; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catarina E. M.; Cath, Danielle C.; Beekman, Aartjan T.; Hudziak, James J.; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The involvement of genetic and environmental factors to the development of obsessive compulsion symptoms during the adolescent period is examined. Study revealed that individual differences in OC symptoms are heritable during puberty and shared environmental influences played a role only in the beginning of adolescence but no sex differences in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Puberty
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Patton, George C.; Olsson, Craig; Bond, Lyndal; Toumbourou, John W.; Carlin, John B.; Hemphill, Sheryl A.; Catalano, Richard F. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The connection between pubertal stage and the development and depressive symptoms among females is investigated. Findings reveal that advancing pubertal stage presents greater risks for the beginning and persistence of depressive symptoms among females. The impacts of social adversity on the persistence of symptoms for female depression.
Descriptors: Females, Persistence, Puberty, Depression (Psychology)
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DelBello, Melissa P.; Correll, Christoph U.; Carlson, Gabrielle A.; Carlson, Harold E.; Kratochvil, Christopher J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
In this article, four clinicians respond to the following case vignette: A 12-year-old girl with insulin-dependent diabetes presents for treatment of her newly diagnosed bipolar disorder. How would you address the bipolar disorder pharmacologically, and how would the presence of diabetes affect your selection of medication and clinical management?
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Diabetes, Depression (Psychology), Drug Therapy
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Patton, George C.; Hemphill, Sheryl A.; Beyers, Jennifer M.; Bond, Lyndal; Toumbourou, John W.; McMorris, Barbara J.; Catalano, Richard F. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To ascertain the association between pubertal stage and deliberate self-harm. Method: Cross-sectional survey of 12- to 15-year-olds in 300 secondary schools in the U.S. state of Washington in February-April 2002 and the Australian state of Victoria in June-August 2002. A total of 3,332 students in grades 7 and 9 provided complete data…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sexuality, Brain, Correlation