Critical periods revisited: Implications for intervention with traumatized children

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1087-1089

  Weder, Natalie ^a   Kaufman, Joan ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD REARING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 80054863695     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.07.021     Document Type: Editorial

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