Citation

Sonuga-Barke EJ. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 2017; 58(4): 358-360.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jcpp.12726

PMID

28346757

Abstract

Neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to be shaped in response to environmental experience, has been claimed to resemble a double-edged sword - potentiating growth and healing when individuals are exposed to normative, benign or therapeutic environments on the one hand, mediating mental disorder development in those exposed to adversity, on the other. However, questions about the scope and limits of neuroplasticity and, especially, its clinical significance, remain unanswered.

© 2017 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Language: en

Keywords

Resilience; adolescence; maltreatment