Childhood maltreatment and adult psychopathology: Pathways to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction;Maus-tratos na infância e psicopatologia no adulto: Caminhos para a disfunção do eixo hipotálamo-pituitária-adrenal

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Mello, Marcelo F ^a   Faria, Alvaro A ^a   Mello, Andrea F ^a   Carpenter, Linda L ^b   Tyrka, Audrey R ^b   Price, Lawrence H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cortisol; Hypothalamus; Psychopathology; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73549093181     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000600002     Document Type: Review

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