Demographic, maltreatment, and neurobiological correlates of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 570-577

  De Bellis, Michael D ^a   Hooper, Stephen R ^a,b   Woolley, Donald P ^a   Shenk, Chad E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Hippocampus; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77952980481     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp116     Document Type: Article

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