OBJECTIVE: To compare the physiological responses of abused children to different stimuli
with responses of children in a reference group and to correlate the physiological responses …

BackgroundChildhood maltreatment is robustly associated with increased risk of poor
mental health outcome and changes in brain function. The authors investigated whether …

Childhood maltreatment is a major public health problem, with nearly 1 million verified cases
annually in the USA. Many more cases are unverified or unreported. According to US Child …

counterproductive or self-defeating in the adult. Perhaps childhood abuse has arrested
psychosocial development, leaving a “wounded child” within the adult. Although such …

No single factor causes psychological abuse. Rather, it can be best understood within what
is referred to as the ecological model, which considers the balance of risk and protective …

This paper reviews the literature on the association between experiences of child abuse and
neglect and the development of psychoses. It then explores the premise that psychotic …

BackgroundThe association between childhood trauma and psychotic and depressive
symptomatology is well established. However, less is known about the specificity and course …

During the past decade there has been rapid progress in the understanding of the effects of
exposure to traumatic life experiences on subsequent psychopathology in children. Trauma …

Experiencing emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk
(compared with baseline) of developing psychopathological symptoms in adulthood. In the …

Objectives: This article describes four possible pathways by which childhood abuse relates
to health problems in adults. Method: Literature on the long-term effects of childhood abuse …