Young Adult Mental Health

Young Adult Mental Health

Edited by Jon E Grant and Marc N Potenza

Abstract

The years between 18 and 29 have become an extended period of development between adolescence and middle adulthood; young adulthood is a time of many new personal, social, and cultural pressures. Risk-taking behaviors, including substance use, typically peak during this time period in part due to neurobiological development, identity exploration, and social interactions, and most major psychiatric disorders develop during young adulthood. This title provides researchers and clinicians with a clear understanding of the developmental, clinical, and socio-cultural features of mental health unique to young adults, and how this developmental period influences critical assessment and treatment. Bringing together leading experts from psychology and psychiatry, the title surveys how major developmental milestones such as marriage and childrearing influence mental health and well-being among young adults, and the ways in which psychiatric disorders may present differently in this age group. It also reviews the conceptual and assessment challenges, phenomenology, and appropriate pharmacological and behavioral treatments of the many psychiatric difficulties faced by young adults. Finally, the title examines current research on mental health issues in young adults and reviews the strengths of the evidence, providing mental health professionals with a thorough grasp of mental health issues that will allow them to talk intelligently with young adults and to make well-informed assessment and treatment decisions based on the unique needs of this age group.

Keywords: emerging adulthood, risk-taking behaviors, substance use, neurobiological development, identity exploration, social interactions, psychiatric disorders, young adult, mental health

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Sep 2009

Print ISBN-13:: 9780195332711

Published online:: Oct 2015

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780195332711.001.0001

Authors

Jon E Grant, editor

Marc N Potenza, editor

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Front Matter
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Contributors
IntroductionJon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza
Chapter 1 Development in the Transition to Adulthood: Vulnerabilities and OpportunitiesKeith B. Burt and Ann S. Masten
Chapter 2 Adolescence: On the Neural Path to Adulthood: Anatomy, connectivity, and ontogeny of the nodes of the triadic modelMonique Ernst and Julie L. Fudge
Chapter 3 Risk-Taking Behaviors across the Transition from Adolescence to Young AdulthoodElizabeth K. Reynolds, Jessica F. Magidson, Linda C. Mayes and Carl W. Lejuez
Chapter 4 Impact of Childhood Mental Health ProblemsLeslie A. Hulvershorn, Craig A. Erickson and R. Andrew Chambers
Chapter 5 College and CareerJessica M. Cronce and William R. Corbin
Chapter 6 Gender Issues: Modern Models of Young Male Resilient Mental HealthWilliam S. Pollack
Chapter 7 Cultural and Ethnic Considerations in Young Adult Mental HealthDeclan T. Barry and Mark Beitel
Chapter 8 Body ImageJennifer L. Greenberg, Sherrie S. Delinsky, Hannah E. Reese, Ulrike Buhlmann and Sabine Wilhelm
Chapter 9 Coping with Stress and Trauma in Young AdulthoodScott M. Hyman, Steven N. Gold and Rajita Sinha
Chapter 10 Intimate Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood: A Biodevelopmental PerspectiveBeth A. Auslander and Susan L. Rosenthal
Chapter 11 Marriage in Young AdulthoodHui Liu, Sinikka Elliott and Debra J. Umberson
Chapter 12 Developmental Pathways to ParentingThomas J. McMahon
Chapter 13 Barriers to Mental Health Service Use in Young AdulthoodDeborah A. Perlick, Yariv Hofstein and Lesley A. Michael
Chapter 14 Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults: Depression Assessment and TreatmentCarlos A. Zarate, Jr.
Chapter 15 Anxiety DisordersBrian L. Odlaug, Waqar Mahmud, Andrew Goddard and Jon E. Grant
Chapter 16 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Young AdultsMaria C. Mancebo, Jane Eisen and Steven A. Rasmussen
Chapter 17 Tobacco Use and Nicotine DependenceAnne E. Smith and Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
Chapter 18 Alcohol Use Disorders in Young AdulthoodAndrew K. Littlefield and Kenneth J. Sher
Chapter 19 Drug Use Disorders among Young Adults: Evaluation and TreatmentEdward V. Nunes
Chapter 20 Impulse Control DisordersJon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza
Chapter 21 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young AdultsJoel V. Oberstar and George M. Realmuto
Chapter 22 Schizophrenia in Adolescents and Young AdultsAfshan Anjum, Priyanka Gait, Kathryn R. Cullen and Tonya White
Chapter 23 Bipolar Disorder in Early Adulthood: Clinical Challenges and Emerging EvidenceAlan C. Swann
Chapter 24 Eating Disorders in Young AdultsScott J. Crow
Chapter 25 Pervasive Developmental DisordersNoha F. Minshawi, Naomi B. Swiezy, Stacie L. Pozdol, Melissa Stuart and Christopher J. McDougle
Chapter 26 Personality DisordersDonald W. Black and Nancee Blum
End Matter
- Index

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