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The Impact of Early Life Stress on the Neurodevelopment of the Stress Response System
Author(s) -
Kindsvatter Aaron,
Geroski Anne
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00173.x
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , fight or flight response , focus (optics) , psychology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , biology , philosophy , biochemistry , linguistics , physics , optics , gene
The focus of this article is on the impact of early life stress on the neurodevelopment of the stress response mechanisms of the brain. The functioning of the stress response system and mechanisms of neurodevelopmental change are described. The theoretical and clinical implications of the reviewed literature are discussed.