As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, disaster psychiatry is becoming a core component of
work for mental health professionals around the world. It requires a new flexibility in how we …

An extensive literature on childhood adversity and neurodevelopment has emerged over the
past decade. We evaluate two conceptual models of adversity and neurodevelopment—the …

Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

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Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, children growing up in
harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in …

Background Adverse psychosocial exposures in early life, namely experiences such as child
maltreatment, caregiver stress or depression, and domestic or community violence, have …

Early detection of and intervention in childhood adversity has powerful potential to improve
the health and well-being of children. A systematic review was conducted to better …

Sarah E. Cusick, PhD, and Michael K. Georgieff, MD Every child has a right to optimal
cognitive, social, and emotional behavioral development. The cognitive, social, and …

Parent-child synchrony, the coupling of behavioral and biological signals during social
contact, may fine-tune the child's brain circuitries associated with emotional bond formation …