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True or false- Studies and pediatric depression are somewhat limited compared with research in adults.
What part of the brain releases the hormone dopamine and serotonin in response to stimuli?
What is the Nucleus Accumbens
Demographic factors such as race and age
True or false: Anxiety and depression have been termed the “internalizing disorders” or disorders of emotion.
What region of the brain Nucleus Accumbens is located?
What is the Basal Ganglia
True or false: In a study that compared depression and anxiety, depressed youth did not have the same frequency of negative cognitions as anxious youth.
What is the area of the brain involved in decision-making that is not fully developed in teens?
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
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Research into the psychobiology of pediatric depression is at an advance stage; biological studies of pediatric anxiety disorder are extremely common.
False (Research into the psychobiology of pediatric depression is at an early stage; biological studies of pediatric anxiety disorder are extremely rare.
______is at its highest in adolescents not only from social pressures, but physiologically as well.
Stress