Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Victoria Cooper, Sharon Mallon and Anthea Wilson and was published December 2021. We would also to thank Jennifer Colloby, Steven Harrison and Karen Horsley for their key contributions and critical reading of this course. We would like to thank the parents, young people and professionals who shared their experiences with us.Their willingness to share sensitive and highly personal accounts of having or supporting those with mental health challenges adds greatly to this course and we will hope will benefit all those who find themselves in similar situation.
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Session 2: Understanding Adolescence
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Figure 2: Frederick Gutekunst (1831–1917) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q1452890 https://commons.wikimedia.org/ w/ index.php?curid=1292633
Figure 4: from: Abreu, A. P. and Kaiser, U. B.(2016) ‘Pubertal development and regulation’, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, vol 4, no. 3, pp. 254-264.)
Figure 6: Kevin the Teenager (from BBC comedy) Tiger Aspect Production/ ©BBC
Figure 7: adapted ©Viktoria Kabanova|Alamy Images
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Figure 9: adapted from Gardner, M. and Steinberg, L. (2005) ‘Peer influence on risk taking, risk preference, and risky decision making in adolescence and adulthood: an experimental study’, Developmental Psychology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 625–35.
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