Recognizing the importance of childhood maltreatment as a critical factor in psychiatric diagnoses, treatment, research, prevention, and education

MH Teicher, JB Gordon, CB Nemeroff - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable risk factor for psychiatric
disorders. Maltreated individuals typically develop psychiatric disorders at an earlier age …

Adverse childhood experiences and the consequences on neurobiological, psychosocial, and somatic conditions across the lifespan

JI Herzog, C Schmahl - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) such as sexual and physical abuse or
neglect are frequent in childhood and constitute a massive stressor with long-lasting …

The effects of childhood maltreatment on brain structure, function and connectivity

MH Teicher, JA Samson, CM Anderson… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Maltreatment-related childhood adversity is the leading preventable risk factor for mental
illness and substance abuse. Although the association between maltreatment and …

Psychological trauma as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental disorder: an umbrella meta-analysis

B Hogg, I Gardoki-Souto, A Valiente-Gómez… - European Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
This umbrella review is the first to systematically examine psychological trauma as a
transdiagnostic risk factor across psychiatric conditions. We searched Pubmed, Scopus, and …

Annual research review: enduring neurobiological effects of childhood abuse and neglect

MH Teicher, JA Samson - Journal of child psychology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable cause of
psychopathology accounting for about 45% of the population attributable risk for childhood …

The biological effects of childhood trauma

MD De Bellis, A Zisk - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric …, 2014 - childpsych.theclinics.com
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Childhood maltreatment and psychopathology: A case for ecophenotypic variants as clinically and neurobiologically distinct subtypes

MH Teicher, JA Samson - American journal of psychiatry, 2013 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective Childhood maltreatment increases risk for psychopathology. For some highly
prevalent disorders (major depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, and …

Social influences on neuroplasticity: stress and interventions to promote well-being

RJ Davidson, BS McEwen - Nature neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Experiential factors shape the neural circuits underlying social and emotional behavior from
the prenatal period to the end of life. These factors include both incidental influences, such …

Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.

W D'Andrea, J Ford, B Stolbach… - American journal of …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Childhood exposure to victimization is prevalent and has been shown to contribute to
significant immediate and long‐term psychological distress and functional impairment …

Child maltreatment and neural systems underlying emotion regulation

KA McLaughlin, M Peverill, AL Gold, S Alves… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The strong associations between child maltreatment and psychopathology have
generated interest in identifying neurodevelopmental processes that are disrupted following …