PSYC23H3 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Cortisol, Major Depressive Disorder, Arousal
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Early life plays a crucial role in human development (physical and mental health) Adversity, ses, aces, and institutional rearing, war, etc. In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with the child. Somebody"s got to be crazy about that kid. Positive and warm relationship with school teachers in kindergarten. Young children are highly vulnerable emotionally to adverse influences of parental mental health problems and family violence. Maternal depression especially when combined with difficult temperament and early rapid brain development. Greater emotional distress in the family influences the quality of maternal behaviour, which affects: Gene expression/neural development in brain regions involved in the regulation of the hpa-axis, social/emotional behaviour, and cognition. Mentally ill person in the home (7) Loss of a parent to death, abandonment, or divorce (10)
