Featured Publications
Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence
Gee DG, Sisk LM, Cohodes EM, Bryce NV. Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5693. PMID: 36171218, PMCID: PMC9519553, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33416-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly Adversity and Development: Parsing Heterogeneity and Identifying Pathways of Risk and Resilience
Gee DG. Early Adversity and Development: Parsing Heterogeneity and Identifying Pathways of Risk and Resilience. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 178: 998-1013. PMID: 34734741, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21090944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly adversityProtective factorsEffects of adversityOnset of psychopathologyPathways of riskNeurodevelopmental trajectoriesMajor risk factorAdversityMental healthNeurodevelopmental pathwaysEarly environmentPsychopathologySpecific dimensionsIntervention strategiesFuture researchRisk factorsEarly risk identificationTreatment approachesImmense burdenConceptual modelDevelopmental timingResilienceOngoing refinementRiskFactors
2023
Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity
Gee D, Cohodes E. Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 35: 2168-2185. PMID: 37929292, PMCID: PMC10872788, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorticolimbic circuitryEmotional functioningYouth emotional functioningEmergence of psychopathologyFavorable mental health outcomesMental health outcomesYouth mental healthEmotion regulationDevelopmental neuroscienceLine of researchNeural mechanismsEarly attachmentEmotional learningEarly adversityFoster resilienceStress reactivityAdversitySensitive periodMental healthClinical interventionsResilienceFunctioningClinical implicationsYouthMajor risk factor
2015
The impact of developmental timing for stress and recovery
Gee DG, Casey BJ. The impact of developmental timing for stress and recovery. Neurobiology Of Stress 2015, 1: 184-194. PMID: 25798454, PMCID: PMC4363736, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2015.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressTranslational developmental neuroscienceStressful life eventsContext of implicationsImpact of stressDevelopmental neuroscienceStudy of stressResilience factorsEffects of stressLife eventsNeurobiological effectsPositive outcomesSensitive periodBrain changesNovel interventionsBrain developmentAdverse consequencesTiming of stressDevelopmental timingResilienceEarly identificationFunctional outcomeNeurosciencePsychopathologyBrain