CAMS-UA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Amygdala, Striatum, Psychopathology
15 Sep 2016
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More internalizing problems as they age, more so than boys: anxiety, depression, somatization (physical sx), withdrawal. Girls if i"m smart, i"m not attractive . Results in a drop of self esteem (in addition to puberty) More externalizing problems (particularly when young: aggression, delinquency, more boys are seen in the er. Boys who display resilience come from households in which there is a positive male role model (e. g. father, older brother, grandfather, etc. ) along with structure, rules, and some encouragement of emotional expression. As both females/males age, the ratio of externalizing problems between genders become more similar. For internalizing problems, the difference separates more to a 2:1 ratio (females:males) Brains mature about 20% faster until mid-teen years (language development, toilet training) words/day) 8 weeks in utero, which leads to growth of the amygdala (threat detection and aggression drive center) No change in interest by 3 months.
