Patterns of childhood trauma and psychological distress among injecting heroin users in China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Childhood trauma has been reported as a possible cause of future substance abuse in some countries. This study reports the prevalence of childhood trauma and examines its association with psychological distress among injecting drug users from mainland ...
Zhen Wang +5 more
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Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect
Psychological Medicine, 2019 Background Childhood maltreatment is robustly associated with increased risk of poor mental health outcome and changes in brain function. The authors investigated whether childhood experience of abuse (e.g.
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The Impact of Sexual or Physical Abuse History on Pain‐Related Outcomes Among Blacks and Whites with Chronic Pain: Gender Influence [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives. Physical and sexual abuses commonly co‐occur with chronic pain. We hypothesized that: 1) abuse history questions would form distinct factors that relate differently to pain perceptions and pain outcomes; 2) abuse history consequences on ...
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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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Exposure to childhood abuse is associated with human sperm DNA methylation
Translational Psychiatry, 2018 Offspring of persons exposed to childhood abuse are at higher risk of neurodevelopmental and physical health disparities across the life course. Animal experiments have indicated that paternal environmental stressors can affect sperm DNA methylation and ...
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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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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 ...
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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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