Neurobiological processes in depressive disorders: Links with adolescent brain development

Adolescent Emotional Development and the Emergence of Depressive Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 116-134

  Forbes, Erika E ^a   Silk, Jennifer S ^a   Dahl, Ronald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551963.007     Document Type: Chapter

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