Editorial Perspective: Childhood maltreatment – the problematic unisex assumption

The Neuroarcheology of Childhood Maltreatment

Childhood maltreatment has profound impact on the emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social and physical functioning of children. Developmental experiences determine the organizational and functional status of the mature brain and, therefore, adverse events can have a tremendous negative impact on the development of the brain. In turn, these neurodevelopmental effects may result in significant c...

Editorial: Neurotechnology: An Engineering Perspective

Child Maltreatment, Alexithymia, and Problematic Internet Use in Young Adulthood

The goals of this study were to (a) examine the phenomenology and developmental correlates of problematic Internet use (PIU) in a large and diverse college student sample; (b) evaluate a developmental process model of PIU in which the expected association between child maltreatment and PIU would be explained by alexithymia; and (c) explore these relations as a function of gender and race. PIU w...

Editorial Perspective

It has become a somewhat popular academic exercise to question a newly accepted standard of care by comparing it to a less complicated and more historic predecessor. This attempt by Al Humadi of performing a meta-analysis of a technical aspect of laminoplasty, namely, if screw and plate fixation improves outcomes, follows in this vein. The results presented were met with significant questions b...

Self-Structure and Childhood Maltreatment 1 Running head: SELF-STRUCTURE AND CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT Self-Structure and Childhood Maltreatment: Successful Compartmentalization and the Struggle of Integration