Innovative integrative approaches are needed to address the current child and adolescent mental health crisis. This review presents a new transdiagnostic preventative framework for conceptualising mental health and wellbeing (MHW) neurodevelopment in childhood and adolescence - The Neurodevelopmental Theory of Mental Health and Wellbeing Capacities (NDeTeC). The NDeTeC specifies two key neuro-cognitive-affective capacities underpinning MHW, together with their associated brain networks, positioned in a developmentally fine-grained and socially-contextualised perspective on MHW. The first capacity focuses on self-regulation and identifies neurodevelopmental processes underlying adaptive managing of thoughts, emotions and behaviours - including emotional awareness and regulation of distractions, reactivity, rumination and worry. This capacity is associated with adaptive patterns of connectivity in salience-executive-default mode networks, reward network and the Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis. The second capacity, called the self-world capacity, specifies and integrates relational processes of MHW underpinning a connected, flexible, ethically-grounded and purposeful sense of self, which are associated with shared humanity, connectedness and prosocial agency. This capacity is linked to adaptive connectivity patterns in mentalizing, empathy, prosociality and default mode networks. The review outlines how the NDeTeC framework can enable integration of different MHW constructs and associated approaches to guide improvements in long-term MHW support for children and adolescents.
The author discusses the conceptual and methodological bases of a network assessment technique and presents specific examples to show how group experiences affect children's behavior.
New Directions for Child and Adolescent DevelopmentVolume 1998, Issue 82 p. 37-52 Article Waiting for the weekend: Friday and Saturday night as the emotional climax of the week Reed Larson, Reed Larson Reed Larson is professor of human and community development, University of Illinois, Urbana.Search for more papers by this authorMaryse Richards, Maryse Richards Maryse Richards is associate professor of psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.Search for more papers by this author Reed Larson, Reed Larson Reed Larson is professor of human and community development, University of Illinois, Urbana.Search for more papers by this authorMaryse Richards, Maryse Richards Maryse Richards is associate professor of psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.Search for more papers by this author First published: 10 December 2013 https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219988204Citations: 25 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume1998, Issue82Winter 1998Pages 37-52 RelatedInformation
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