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 refinementRiskFactorsAssociations among negative life events, changes in cortico-limbic connectivity, and psychopathology in the ABCD Study
Brieant AE, Sisk LM, Gee DG. Associations among negative life events, changes in cortico-limbic connectivity, and psychopathology in the ABCD Study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2021, 52: 101022. PMID: 34710799, PMCID: PMC8556598, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityNegative life eventsLife eventsInternalizing symptomsAdversity exposureCortico-limbic connectivityParental acceptanceAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyLongitudinal structural equation modelLower internalizing symptomsCognitive Development StudyContext of adversityIndirect effectsSample of youthStressful childhood experiencesCortico-limbic networkStructural equation modelLater psychopathologyNeurobiological maturationInternalizing problemsABCD studyFunctional connectivityChildhood experiencesPotential protective effectPsychopathology
2024
Associations between parental psychopathology and youth functional emotion regulation brain networks
Karl V, Beck D, Eilertsen E, Morawetz C, Wiker T, Aksnes E, Norbom L, Ferschmann L, MacSweeney N, Voldsbekk I, Andreassen O, Westlye L, Gee D, Engen H, Tamnes C. Associations between parental psychopathology and youth functional emotion regulation brain networks. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 70: 101476. PMID: 39541797, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental psychopathologyYouth psychopathologyEmotion regulationAssociated with children's emotion regulationResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging dataAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development StudyIntergenerational transmission of psychopathologyAssociated with lower connectivityFunctional magnetic resonance imaging dataTransmission of psychopathologyChildren's emotion regulationCognitive Development StudyMagnetic resonance imaging dataParental mental healthPFC networksPsychopathologyBrain networksParental internalizingMediation analysisCognitive aspectsMental healthConnectivity patternsIntergenerational transmissionNetwork connectivityYouth
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