Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future

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Autori principali: Charles H. Zeanah, Megan Hare, Katherine Cowhey, Stacy S. Drury
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author Charles H. Zeanah
Megan Hare
Katherine Cowhey
Stacy S. Drury
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Megan Hare
Katherine Cowhey
Stacy S. Drury
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Megan Hare
Katherine Cowhey
Stacy S. Drury
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contents Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future Charles H. Zeanah Megan Hare Katherine Cowhey Stacy S. Drury Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Background A major research effort in the past two decades has begun to illuminate how experience ‘gets under the skin’ – that is – the cellular and molecular processes that are associated with adversity and resilience. Methods We selectively review three areas of this research: epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, telomere length, and inflammatory processes, and consider the implications of this work for better understanding the effects of adversity and pathways of recovery. Results Because infant mental health practitioners focus on children in the earliest years of life, they are well positioned to favorably alter the developmental trajectories of children experiencing or at risk for maladaptation. In addition to helping us develop more individually effective treatments, we consider other ways in which research advances in cell and molecular biology may be especially important to infant mental health practitioners in the future. Conclusions Better understanding these processes will enhance effectiveness and potentially enlarge the scope of our practice. 10.1111/jcpp.70097 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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spellingShingle Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future
Charles H. Zeanah
Megan Hare
Katherine Cowhey
Stacy S. Drury
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future Charles H. Zeanah Megan Hare Katherine Cowhey Stacy S. Drury Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Background A major research effort in the past two decades has begun to illuminate how experience ‘gets under the skin’ – that is – the cellular and molecular processes that are associated with adversity and resilience. Methods We selectively review three areas of this research: epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, telomere length, and inflammatory processes, and consider the implications of this work for better understanding the effects of adversity and pathways of recovery. Results Because infant mental health practitioners focus on children in the earliest years of life, they are well positioned to favorably alter the developmental trajectories of children experiencing or at risk for maladaptation. In addition to helping us develop more individually effective treatments, we consider other ways in which research advances in cell and molecular biology may be especially important to infant mental health practitioners in the future. Conclusions Better understanding these processes will enhance effectiveness and potentially enlarge the scope of our practice. 10.1111/jcpp.70097 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future
topic Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
url https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.70097