Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Here and thereIn This Issue/Abstract Thinking: Focusing on Resilience
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In This Issue
This year, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry turns 60 and the Journal begins the celebration of this milestone by highlighting a series of articles that focus on recent findings in birth cohort and longitudinal studies. Many fundamental questions in our field can be adequately addressed using only high-quality cohort designs, and the series will cover recent findings in this area. For example, the article by Kan and colleagues (p. 12) examines the correlations between
Focusing on Resilience
The negative impact of trauma, stress, and adversity on children’s development has been well documented. The severity and timing of exposure to adversity can influence multiple aspects of a child’s life, leaving psychological and biological scars that are long-lasting. Less is known, however, about children who are resilient, i.e., who are exposed to similar levels of adversity but do not develop long-term negative consequences. Recent studies have started to focus on the underlying biology of
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Dr. Sassi has received research funding from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD), Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He has received consulting and speakers' fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb.