Is impulsivity a link between childhood abuse and suicide?

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Braquehais, M Dolores ^a   Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Baca García, Enrique ^a   Sher, Leo ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NEGLECT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; NEUROBIOLOGY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249091324     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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