Psychosis-inducing effects of cannabis are related to both childhood abuse and COMT genotypes [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To test whether the association between childhood abuse, cannabis use and psychotic experiences (PEs) was moderated by the COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) gene.
Alemany, Silvia +8 more
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Psychotic symptoms in young adults exposed to childhood trauma - A 20 year follow-up study [PDF]
, 2011 Childhood adversity has been shown to increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in adult life. However, there are no previous studies looking at the association between experiencing a natural disaster during childhood and the development of psychotic ...
Alexander McFarlane +46 more
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Cannabis use and hypomania in young people: a prospective analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Cannabis use in young people is common and associated with psychiatric disorders. However, the prospective link between cannabis use and bipolar disorder symptoms has rarely been investigated.
Bebbington, Paul +3 more
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Childhood maltreatment and amygdala connectivity in methamphetamine dependence: a pilot study. [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionChildhood maltreatment, a well-known risk factor for the development of substance abuse disorders, is associated with functional and structural abnormalities in the adult brain, particularly in the limbic system.
Dean, Andy C +3 more
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Neurofunctional Abnormalities during Sustained Attention in Severe Childhood Abuse. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Childhood maltreatment is associated with adverse affective and cognitive consequences including impaired emotion processing, inhibition and attention.
Lena Lim +5 more
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Retrospective Reports of Childhood Trauma in Adults with ADHD [PDF]
, 2006 Although studies have documented higher prevalence of abuse in children with ADHD, no studies have investigated childhood reports of abuse in individuals identified withADHDin adulthood.
Brown, D.L. +3 more
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Childhood abuse in the etiological continuum underlying psychosis from first-episode psychosis to psychotic experiences [PDF]
, 2015 Goal The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of child abuse across the continuum of psychosis. Patients and methods The sample consisted of 198 individuals divided in three groups: (1) 48 FEP patients, (2) 77 individuals scoring high ...
Alemany, Silvia +7 more
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Impact of Childhood Abuse on the Risk of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Mainland Chinese Adolescents. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Childhood abuse has been associated with significant increases in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors in adolescents; however, only general definitions of this risk indicator have been examined.
Yuhui Wan +3 more
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Association between childhood adversities and long-term suicidality among South Africans from the results of the South African Stress and Health study: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour over the life course.
Bishop, Melanie +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Background: It is increasingly becoming accepted that substance use disorders, including substance abuse and substance dependence, are closely related to childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorders.
Annett Lotzin +8 more
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