The developmental neuroscience of emotional neglect, its consequences, and the psychosocial interventions that can reverse them

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 452-454

  Schechter, Daniel S ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; COGNITION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; FOSTER CARE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860507333     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12020174     Document Type: Editorial

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