OBJECTIVE Childhood trauma is recognized as an important risk factor in suicidal ideation, however it is not fully understood how the different types of childhood maltreatment influence suicidal ideation nor what variables mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation. This study examined the path from childhood trauma to suicidal ideation, including potential mediator...

Dissociation, particularly the shutting down of sensory, motor and speech systems, has been proposed to emerge in susceptible individuals as a defensive response to traumatic stress. In contrast, other individuals show signs of hyperarousal to acute threat. A key question is whether exposure to particular types of stressful events during specific stages of development can program an individual ...

AIM To determine the prevalence and intercorrelation of different forms of childhood maltreatment and psychological problems in adolescents in Western Herzegovina Canton. METHOD A questionnaire study was conducted in March 2003 on a convenient sample of 458 third-grade high-school students (39% boys) aged between 15 and 20 (median age, 17). Data were collected using a sociodemographic questio...

INTRODUCTION Obesity in pregnancy is associated with increased risk of complications and adverse outcomes in mother and child. Childhood adverse experiences are known to have numerous negative physical and emotional sequelae. We aimed to examine if exposure to abuse and/or neglect in childhood increased the likelihood of pre-pregnancy obesity. METHODS Demographic and clinical data including w...

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits (e.g., lack of guilt and empathy) are a risk factor associated with antisocial behavior. Youth CU can be differentiated by varying levels co-occurring anxiety. In this study, we examined variants in incarcerated adolescent females (n = 109) their associations emotional behavioral problems history maltreatment. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted subsam...

College students who report a history of childhood maltreatment may be at risk for poor outcomes. In the current study, we conducted an exploratory analysis to examine potential models that statistically mediate associations between aspects of maltreatment and aspects of academic outcome, with a particular focus on executive functions (EF). Consistent with contemporary EF research, we distingui...

Corresponding Author : Hassan ziaaddini , MD, Associate professor of psychiatry, Department of psychiatry, Kerman Neuroscience Research Center , Shahid Beheshit Hospital , Jomhuri Ave , Kerman , Iran . Tel : 0341 2116328 Fax : 0341 2110856 Email: [email protected] Objective: Few studies have examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment and personality disorder in later years of ...

Childhood maltreatment (physical, sexual or emotional abuse, and physical neglect, by a parent, caregiver other adult) is major problem of global significance. Children who suffered any kind are known to experience range mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, psychosis, substance eating disorders, suicidal symptomatology personality disorder. These problems often emerge in child...

BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable cause of psychopathology accounting for about 45% of the population attributable risk for childhood onset psychiatric disorders. A key breakthrough has been the discovery that maltreatment alters trajectories of brain development. METHODS This review aims to synthesize neuroimaging findings in children who experienced caregiv...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to determine whether childhood maltreatment contributes to the occurrence of major depressive disorder (MDD) with bipolarity, and whether there is a relationship between central serotonergic activity, as assessed using loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP), and childhood maltreatment. METHODS Thirty-five MDD patients were stratified ac...