RT Book, Section
A1 Kaminer, Yifrah
A1 Simkin, Deborah R.
A1 Bagot, Kara S.
A2 Ebert, Michael H.
A2 Leckman, James F.
A2 Petrakis, Ismene L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1158263144
T1 Substance-Related Disorders in Adolescents
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071754422
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158263144
RD 2024/04/24
AB According  to  the  biobehavioral  developmental  perspective  and  trajectories  of  adolescent  substance  use  and  substance  use  disorders  (SUD),  adolescents  have  not  yet  reached  adulthood  and  therefore  cannot  be  considered  as  simply  "miniature  adults."  In  addition,  during  adolescence  and  young  adulthood,  between  the  ages  of  12  and  25  years,  the  nucleus  accumbens,  which  drives  reward-seeking  behaviors,  develops  earlier  than  the  prefrontal  cortex,  which  is  responsible  for  inhibitory  and  executive  functioning.  This  leads  adolescents  to  normatively  seek  out  pleasurable  activities,  including  high-risk  sexual,  driving,  and  substance-use  experiences.