ReviewThe Lancet. Child & adolescent health2018
Adolescent resilience to addiction: a social plasticity hypothesis.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The brain in social context: A systematic review of substance use and social processing from adolescence to young adulthood.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Age-related differences in the effect of chronic alcohol on cognition and the brain: a systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Alcohol Consumption Patterns: A Systematic Review of Demographic and Sociocultural Influencing Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Age-related differences in the impact of cannabis use on the brain and cognition: a systematic review.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2019Pooled it
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- The Effects of Alcohol in Groups of Heavy Drinking Young Adults: A Multi-Modal Investigation of Alcohol Responses in a Laboratory Social Setting.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Persistent increased severity of cannabis use disorder symptoms in adolescents compared to adults: a one-year longitudinal study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Observational
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Abstract
The prevalence of substance use disorders is highest during adolescence; however, many adolescents experience a natural resolution of their substance use by early adulthood, without any formal intervention. Something appears to be unique and adaptive about the adolescent brain. In this Review, we examine the roles of the social environment and neurocognitive development in adolescents' natural resilience to substance use disorders. At present, little is known about the neurocognitive mechanisms that underlie this adaptive phenomenon, since neurodevelopmental studies have mainly focused on the risk side of the substance use equation: escalation of substance use. To provide a framework for future studies, we put forth a social plasticity model that includes developmentally limited enhanced social attunement (ie, the need to harmonise with the social environment), affective processing, and brain plasticity, which underlie adolescents' capacity to learn from and adapt to their constantly evolving social environments.
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