In recent years, research and practice on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have
shifted from delineating effects of ACEs on adulthood health problems to preventing ACEs in …

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

Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

Background Transdiagnostic processes confer risk for multiple types of psychopathology
and explain the co-occurrence of different disorders. For this reason, transdiagnostic …

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

Children raised in families with low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to exhibit
symptoms of psychopathology. However, the strength of this association, the specific indices …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for most forms of psychopathology.
We examine emotion dysregulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking maltreatment …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with significant, enduring risk of psychiatric disorder.
In this paper, we review how neurocognitive alterations after maltreatment might indirectly …

The daily challenges resulting from all types of school violence—such as physical
aggression, bullying, peer victimization, and general threats—have the potential to affect …

Childhood adversity is associated with increased risk for psychopathology.
Neurodevelopmental pathways underlying this risk remain poorly understood. A recent …