The traumatic stress response in child maltreatment and resultant neuropsychological effects

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Wilson, Kathryn R ^a   Hansen, David J ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Emotional trauma; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 79953027355     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2010.12.007     Document Type: Review

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