Early Adversity, Nurturance and Childhood Brain Development

Published on April 7, 2017
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Presented on April 5, 2017
"Early Adversity, Nurturance and Childhood Brain Development: Mechanisms and Sensitive Periods"
Presented by:
Joan Luby, MD
Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry
Director, Early Emotional Development Program
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota
Objectives: Upon completion of the activity, participants should be better able to…
1. Recognize the relations between the early psychosocial and physical environment and brain development.
2. Describe the role that early experience of depression may play in altering brain development.
3. Understand that there may be early sensitive periods when the psychosocial environment and may have a more powerful influence on brain development.
4. Consider the role of the gut microbiome in brain development.
5. How these factors taken together underscore the importance of early psychosocial interventions for children at high risk.
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(CME credits are not granted for online viewing)