Is developmental timing of trauma exposure associated with depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adulthood?

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 119-127

  Dunn, Erin C ^a,b,c   Nishimi, Kristen ^a,d   Powers, Abigail ^e   Bradley, Bekh ^e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Depression; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sensitive periods; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; GEORGIA; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE FACTORS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991070826     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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