The origins of cognitive deficits in victimized children: Implications for neuroscientists and clinicians

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 349-361

  Danese, Andrea ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Arseneault, Louise ^a   Bleiberg, Ben A ^a   Dinardo, Perry B ^a   Gandelman, Stephanie B ^a   Houts, Renate ^a   Ambler, Antony ^a   Fisher, Helen L ^a   Poulton, Richie ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TEST; NEUROLOGIST; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENTIST; SCORING SYSTEM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; CAUSALITY; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017006585     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16030333     Document Type: Article

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