Natural disasters and the neurodevelopmental response to trauma in childhood: A brief overview and call to action

Future Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-674

  Carrion, Victor G ^a   Weems, Carl F ^b   Bradley, Travis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; natural disaster; neurodevelopment; pediatric; post traumatic stress disorder; trauma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INJURY SEVERITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SUDDEN DEATH; TORNADO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957167763     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.10.42     Document Type: Review

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