Commentary: Childhood abuse: New insights into its association with posttraumatic stress, suicidal ideation, and aggression

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-580

  Teicher, Martin H ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952996936     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq018     Document Type: Note

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