Parasomnias and Childhood Adversity in an Adult Psychiatric Population

Parasomnias and Childhood Adversity in an Adult Psychiatric Population

Background: A wide evidence suggest that sleep disorders and psychopathology could be related each other, as well as, that childhood adversities (CAs) may be associated with both. However, the relationship between CA and sleep disorders in psychiatric patients is still unclear. This study aims to explore the hypothesis that CA could be associated with sleep impairments in a sample of psychiatri...

Amygdala, Childhood Adversity and Psychiatric Disorders

Childhood psychosocial adversity and adult cortisol patterns.

BACKGROUND Cortisol levels may be altered in childhood in association with maltreatment (neglect, abuse and witnessing abuse) and other adversities, yet little is known about whether effects on cortisol persist into later life. AIMS To establish whether childhood psychosocial adversities predict cortisol levels in mid-adulthood. METHOD Childhood psychosocial adversities were ascertained in ...

Childhood Adversity and Adult Physical Health

DEFINING CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY 2 Child Maltreatment 2 Socioeconomic Disadvantage 3 Summary 3 DEFINING HEALTH OUTCOMES 4 CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY AND LATER DISEASE: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 4 Maltreatment and Later Disease 4 Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Later Disease 7 Other Forms of Adversity and Later Disease 10 Limitations and Alternative Explanations 12 CONCEPTUALMODELS LINKING CHILDHOOD ADVERSIT...

Positive affect, childhood adversity, and psychopathology in psychiatric inpatients

BACKGROUND Low positive affect is closely related to common pathological responses to childhood adversity, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, but little is known about how the characteristics of early adversity experiences might be related to positive affect in adulthood. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore whether low positive affect is related to specific child...