[F12B Roster]
The F12B study section reviews fellowship applications concerned with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders across the lifespan. Also included are co-morbid substance use disorders, as well as their effects on children when they occur prenatally. Also reviewed are fellowship applications concerning psychopathology, developmental disabilities and disorders of aging such as: schizophrenia, mood disorders, suicide, anxiety and traumatic stress disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders personality disorders, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, traumatic brain injury and sleep disorders. Also included are fellowship applications on basic biobehavioral, psychological, social and cultural processes governing affect (emotion, mood) and stress in humans. Examples of specific areas covered are:
- Behavioral, cognitive, emotional and biological factors involved in the etiology of disorders
- Diagnosis, nosology, course and outcome of disorders
- Behavioral and pharmacologic interventions/treatments; adherence to behavioral and pharmacologic treatments
- Disorders of cognitive, sensory, perceptual and motor development: Included are disorders such as mental retardation, autism, substance abuse, addiction, attention deficit and learning disabilities
- Congenital and acquired disorders that affect brain development and behavior: Included are Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury and CNS tumors/lesions
- Prenatal exposure to substance abuse and prenatal/postnatal effects of toxins
- Affect and stress processes in central and autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrine and immune function
- Psychophysiological responses to stress
- Functional consequences of affect and stress
- Comorbidity of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders
Fellowship study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:
Brain Disorders and Related Neuroscience [F01]
Sensory, Motor, and Cognitive Neuroscience [F02B]
Psychosocial and Developmental Processes, Personality, and Behavior [F11]
Cognition, Language and Perception Fellowship Study Section [F12A]
Health and Health Related Behavior of Individuals and Populations [F16]
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