Open AccessConsiderations in the Neuroscience of Adolescent Brain Development: What Clinicians Can Use
Author(s) -
Barbara D’Amato
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.53902/jpssr.2021.01.000517
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroscience , frontal cortex , brain development , adolescent development , developmental cognitive neuroscience , neuroimaging , developmental psychology , functional neuroimaging
Neuroscience findings suggest brain immaturity and the proliferation of neurons in the frontal cortex at puberty may be significant factors affecting adolescent behaviors. The author considers these findings essential to bolster the analyst’s position to not act, in light of the impulses treating such cases can arouse. Clinical examples illustrate.