Featured Publications
Early 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