from Part 1 - What Affects Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2022
Chapter 1 examines a range of biological processes which affect mental health, including attachment, genes and inheritance, the developing brain and puberty.
➢ Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain written by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (Random House, London, 2018) is an excellent introduction to how teenage brains work. Prof. Blakemore is a leading UK researcher on the adolescent brain. She has many publications to her name and has also written an accessible book on the topic.
➢ Mindset – Updated Edition: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfil Your Potential (Robinson, London, 2017) is a helpful book written by Carol Dweck, the pioneering researcher who first wrote about growth mindsets. Her work has been extremely influential in modern educational thinking.
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