Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Biological and Social Universals in Development -- 1 The Developing Brain and Adolescent-Typical Behavior Patterns: An Evolutionary Approach -- 2 Competence, Resilience, and Development in Adolescence: Clues for Prevention Science -- Part II: Characteristics of Brain and Behavior in Development -- 3 Mapping Adolescent Brain Maturation Using Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- 4 The Metamorphosis: Individuation of the Adolescent Brain -- 5 Transcriptional Regulation in Schizophrenia -- Part III: Effects of Early Maltreatment and Stress on Brain Development -- 6 Stress Effects on the Developing Brain -- 7 Maternal Programming of Defensive Responses Through Sustained Effects on Gene Expression -- 8 Neuropeptides and the Development of Social Behaviors: Implications for Adolescent Psychopathology -- 9 The Effects of Early Deprivation on Brain-Behavioral Development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project -- Part IV: Effects of Stress and Other Environmental Influences During Adolescence -- 10 Social Stress, Affect, and Neural Function in Adolescence -- 11 Stress-Induced Pathophysiology Within the Schizophrenia Patient Brain: A Model for the Delayed Onset of Psychosis and Its Circumvention by Anxiolytic Agents -- 12 Neurohormones, Neurodevelopment, and the Prodrome of Psychosis in Adolescence -- 13 The Adolescent Surge in Depression and Emergence of Gender Differences: A Biocognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in Developmental Context -- Part V: Reversible Disorders of Brain Development -- 14 Early Identification and Prevention of Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder -- 15 Resilience and Vulnerability to Trauma: Psychobiological Mechanisms -- 16 The Developing Adolescent Brain in Socioeconomic Context -- 17 Brain Development as a Vulnerability Factor in the Etiology of Substance Abuse and Addiction.

Part VI: Educational Interventions for Enhanced Neurocognitive Development -- 18 Modifying Brain Networks Underlying Self-Regulation -- 19 The BrainWise Curriculum: Neurocognitive Development Intervention Program -- 20 The Role of Preventive Interventions in Enhancing Neurocognitive Functioning and Promoting Competence in Adolescence -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Appendix B: Brain Locations -- Appendix C: Author Biographies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.