Young Adult Mental Health

Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Impulsive Compulsive Disorders Clinic at the University of Minnesota Medical School. An author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications, Dr. Grant serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gambling Studies. Marc N. Potenza, PHD, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study and Neurobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine where he is Director of the Problem Gambling Clinic, the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research, and the Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research at Yale, and Director of Neuroimaging for the VISN1 MIRECC of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

Introduction, Jon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza ; 1. Developemnt in the Transition to Adulthood: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities, Keith B. Burt and Ann S. Masten ; 2. Adolescence: On the Neural Path to Adulthood-Anatomy, Connectivity, and Ontogeny of the Nodes of the Triadic Model, Monique Ernst and Julie Fudge ; 3. Risk-taking Behaviors Across the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood, Elizabeth K. Reynolds, Jessica Magidson, Linda Mayes, and C.W. Lejuez ; 4. Impact of Childhood Mental Health Problems, Leslie A. Hulvershorn, Craig A. Erickson, and R. Andrew Chambers ; 5. College and Career, Jessica M. Cronce and William R. Corbin ; 6. The Mental Health of Yougn Adults: A Gender-Informed Perspective; The Trajectory from Childhood to Young Adulthood: Stumbling Blocks of Emotional Dysfunction and Pathways to Healthy Resilience-A "Modern" Approach, William S. Pollack ; 7. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations in Young Adult Mental Health, Declan T. Barry and Mark Beitel ; 8. Body Image, Jennifer L. Greenberg, Sherrie S. Delinsky, Hannah E. Reese, Ulrike Buhlmann, and Sabine Wilhelm ; 9. Coping with Stress and Trauma in Young Adulthood, Scott M. Hyman, Steven N. Gold, and Rajita Sinha ; 10. Intimate Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood: A Bio-developmental Perspective, Beth A. Auslander and Susan L. Rosenthal&R ; 11. Marriage in Young Adulthood, Hui Liu, Sinikka Elliott, and Debra Umberson ; 12. Developmental Pathways to Parenting, Thomas J. McMahon ; 13. Barriers to Mental Health Service Use in Young Adulthood, Deborah A. Perlick, Yariv Hofstein, and Lesley A. Michael ; 14. Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults: Depression Assessment and Treatment, Carlos A. Zarate, Jr. ; 15. Anxiety Disorders, Brian L. Odlaug, Waqar Mahmud, Andrew Goddard, and Jon E. Grant ; 16. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Young Adults, Maria C. Mancebo, Jane Eisen, and Steven A. Rasmussen ; 17. Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence, Andrew K. Littlefield and Kennet J. Sher ; 18. Alcohol Use Disorders in Young Adulthood, Andrew K. Littlefield and Kenneth J. Sher ; 19. Drug Use Disorders among Young Adults: Evaluation and Treatment, Edward V. Nunes ; 20. Impulse Control Disorders, Jon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza ; 21. ADHD in Young Adults, Joel V. Oberstar and George M. Realmuto ; 22. Schizophrenia in Adolescents and Young Adults, Afshan Anjum, Priyanka Gait, Kathryn Cullen, and Tonya White ; 23. Bipolar Disorder in Early Adulthood: Clinical Challenges and Emerging Evidence, Alan C. Swann and Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. ; 24. Eating Disorders in Young Adults, Scott J. Crow ; 25. Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Noha F. Minshawi, Naomi B. Swiezy, Stacie Pozdol, Melissa Stuart, and Christopher J. McDougle ; 26. Personality Disorders, Donald W. Black and Nancee Blum ; Index