BRAIN STORY FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 9. Key elements of successful prevention programs are: Answer: A
focus on two generational approaches with a population impact.
◉ 9. The application of EBT's in real-world clinical settings can be
improved by: Answer: Integrating various EBT's to address co-
morbidity, clinical caseload, and the need to potentially adjust
treatment while underway.
◉ 9. What is the answer that best describes what is included in the
Modular Approach to Treatment for Children (MATCH)? Answer: All
of the above: Emotional or affect regulation, Cognitive regulation,
Behavioral regulation
◉ 9. It is important to provide prevention programs for children of
patients with depression because: Answer: All of the above
◉ 9. Compared to usual care, an evidence-based therapy (EBT):
Answer: Has been tested sufficiently through research to be called
an evidence-based therapy.
, ◉ 9. Which key factor is unique to a pre-emptive approach to mental
disorders? Answer: A biologically-based theory of the disorder that
allows for personalized, predictive tools such as biomarkers.
◉ 6. Executive function skills finish maturing at about what age?
Answer: 25
◉ 11. Which of the following is a unique characteristic of the Healthy
Steps Program? Answer: Adults are treated in pediatric primary care
settings
◉ 11. What is the main benefit of the Healthy Steps Program?
Answer: It gives parents with ACEs the care they need to support
their child and keep the child's ACE score as low as possible
◉ 11. What does Dr. Briggs emphasize as an important part of
obtaining a parent's ACE history? Answer: It is done universally. for
all parents, not just those who the staff suspect may have ACEs.
◉ 13. What is one of the main brain regions involved in the
preoccupation/anticipation stage of the addiction cycle? Answer:
Prefrontal cortex
◉ 6. Between what ages do executive function skills show the most
dramatic period of growth? Answer: 3-5 years
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 9. Key elements of successful prevention programs are: Answer: A
focus on two generational approaches with a population impact.
◉ 9. The application of EBT's in real-world clinical settings can be
improved by: Answer: Integrating various EBT's to address co-
morbidity, clinical caseload, and the need to potentially adjust
treatment while underway.
◉ 9. What is the answer that best describes what is included in the
Modular Approach to Treatment for Children (MATCH)? Answer: All
of the above: Emotional or affect regulation, Cognitive regulation,
Behavioral regulation
◉ 9. It is important to provide prevention programs for children of
patients with depression because: Answer: All of the above
◉ 9. Compared to usual care, an evidence-based therapy (EBT):
Answer: Has been tested sufficiently through research to be called
an evidence-based therapy.
, ◉ 9. Which key factor is unique to a pre-emptive approach to mental
disorders? Answer: A biologically-based theory of the disorder that
allows for personalized, predictive tools such as biomarkers.
◉ 6. Executive function skills finish maturing at about what age?
Answer: 25
◉ 11. Which of the following is a unique characteristic of the Healthy
Steps Program? Answer: Adults are treated in pediatric primary care
settings
◉ 11. What is the main benefit of the Healthy Steps Program?
Answer: It gives parents with ACEs the care they need to support
their child and keep the child's ACE score as low as possible
◉ 11. What does Dr. Briggs emphasize as an important part of
obtaining a parent's ACE history? Answer: It is done universally. for
all parents, not just those who the staff suspect may have ACEs.
◉ 13. What is one of the main brain regions involved in the
preoccupation/anticipation stage of the addiction cycle? Answer:
Prefrontal cortex
◉ 6. Between what ages do executive function skills show the most
dramatic period of growth? Answer: 3-5 years
