Structure: Gray Matter vs. White Matter

Structure: Gray Matter vs. White Matter

• Structure: Gray Matter vs. White Matter

• Neurotransmitter/Electrical System

• Plasticity Concept

Wide Pathways vs Narrow Pathways

• Wide Pathways vs Narrow Pathways

• Response to Stress

• Simple Stressors
• Complex Stressors
• Perception vs. Actual

• Decision-Making

• With normal Seratonin levels
• With low Seratonin levels

• Seratonin and Depression

• Treatment: Medication/Psychotherapy

Physical redesign triggered by our environment.

• Physical redesign triggered by our environment.

• Different patterns contain different information

• Adults – considerable overlap between patterns

• Adolescents – considerable differences between patterns

• Communication between patterns leads to increased integration (Important parenting/therapeutic issue)

What stressors exist within a given pattern?

• What stressors exist within a given pattern?

• Do I have enough resources to cope with the stressors I am experiencing?

• Why am I able to be alright in one pattern but not in another?

• Adolescents and considerable difference issue/challenges