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Bjørnholt M. The social dynamics of revictimization and intimate partner violence: an embodied, gendered, institutional and life course perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/14043858.2019.1568103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cicchetti D, Handley ED. Child maltreatment and the development of substance use and disorder. Neurobiol Stress 2019; 10:100144. [PMID: 30937350 PMCID: PMC6430405 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Children who experience maltreatment are at well-documented risk for the development of problematic substance use and disorder in adolescence and beyond. This review applies a developmental psychopathology framework to discuss the complex multilevel probabilistic pathways from child maltreatment to substance use and substance use disorder (SUD). We begin with an overview of the myriad vulnerabilities associated with child maltreatment, including the development of substance use and SUD. Prominent pathways that may potentiate liability for SUD are discussed. Specifically, we highlight the robust empirical support for the prominent externalizing pathway of risk, and also discuss the state of the research regarding the internalizing pathway. Consistent with the developmental psychopathology perspective, we then review biological processes such as neuroendrocrine mechanisms, allostatic load, and neurobiological pathways that may underlie child maltreatment risk, as well as discuss broader contextual issues. Elucidating the processes underlying the development of substance use and disorder among children exposed to this form of early adversity is paramount for not only informing developmental theories, but also designing effective prevention and intervention programs. Thus, implications for preventive interventions are provided. Finally, critical next steps for research within the area of child maltreatment and the developmental psychopathology of substance use and SUD are proffered.
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- Dante Cicchetti
- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, USA
- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, USA
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Andersen SL. Stress, sensitive periods, and substance abuse. Neurobiol Stress 2019; 10:100140. [PMID: 30569003 PMCID: PMC6288983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Research on the inter-relationship between drug abuse and social stress has primarily focused on the role of stress exposure during adulthood and more recently, adolescence. Adolescence is a time of heightened reward sensitivity, but it is also a time when earlier life experiences are expressed. Exposure to stress early in postnatal life is associated with an accelerated age of onset for drug use. Lifelong addiction is significantly greater if drug use is initiated during early adolescence. Understanding how developmental changes following stress exposure interact with sensitive periods to unfold over the course of maturation is integral to reducing their later impact on substance use. Arousal levels, gender/sex, inflammation, and the timing of stress exposure play a role in the vulnerability of these circuits. The current review focuses on how early postnatal stress impacts brain development during a sensitive period to increase externalizing and internalizing behaviors in adolescence that include social interactions (aggression; sexual activity), working memory impairment, and depression. How stress effects the developmental trajectories of brain circuits that are associated with addiction are discussed for both clinical and preclinical studies.
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Salokangas RKR, Schultze-Lutter F, Schmidt SJ, Pesonen H, Luutonen S, Patterson P, Graf von Reventlow H, Heinimaa M, From T, Hietala J. Childhood physical abuse and emotional neglect are specifically associated with adult mental disorders. J Ment Health 2019; 29:376-384. [PMID: 30675805 DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2018.1521940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Background: Childhood adversities and trauma (CAT) are associated with adult mental disorders. Nevertheless, although CAT of different domains mostly co-occurs, and co-morbidity is common, the associations between CAT and mental disorders, when taking these interrelations into account, are not well known.Aims: We aimed to study differential associations between the five core domains of CAT and current axis-I disorders, taking into consideration their interrelations.Methods: Four hundred and fifteen outpatients attending adult primary (n = 255) and psychiatric care (n = 160) were assessed with the Trauma and Distress Scale (TADS) and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Associations between CAT core domains and diagnostic categories were examined by path analyses.Results: At least some infrequent experience of CAT (83.6%), mostly of neglect, and current mental disorders (49.4%), mostly depression, was frequent, as were co-morbidities and co-occurrence of CAT domains. Considering these interrelations in a path model of excellent fit, physical abuse predicted depressive, manic, psychotic and anxiety disorders, whereas emotional neglect predicted depressive, anxiety and substance misuse disorders.Conclusions: Of all five CAT core domains, physical abuse and emotional neglect had the strongest association with adult psychiatric disorders and might have transmitted earlier reported main effects of other CAT domains onto mental disorders.
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- University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Youthspace - Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Ruiz-Casares M, Lilley S, Thombs BD, Platt RW, Scott S, Isdijoso W, Hermanus E, Andrina M, Mayo N. Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a parenting with home visitation programme to prevent physical and emotional abuse of children in Indonesia: the Families First Programme. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e021751. [PMID: 30782674 PMCID: PMC6340427 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Every year, up to 1 billion children are victims of violence worldwide. Most child abuse takes place in the context of punishment. The Families First Programme, an adaptation of the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Programme to the West Java context, is a parenting support programme anchored on children's rights that gives parents guidance on child development, parenting and positive discipline practices. This trial will evaluate the effectiveness of the Families First Programme compared with a waitlist control group. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a pragmatic, parallel-group, stratified, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Twenty rural and urban villages in the Cianjur District, Indonesia, involving 720 caregivers of children up to 7 years of age, will be randomised. Villages will receive either a parenting programme consisting of 10 group sessions and four home visits over 3 months and standard community health and social services or just the latter. After completion of the trial period, the programme will be offered to those in the delayed group. Outcome data will be collected before randomisation (baseline), immediately postintervention (3 months postrandomisation) and 6 months later (9 months postrandomisation). The primary outcome will be frequency of physical and emotional punishment as measured by a weighted sum from three self-report items. Primary outcome analysis will use Poisson regression with generalised estimating equations and assess the interaction between intervention and time over baseline and 3 and 9 months postrandomisation assessments. Concurrent process evaluation will be conducted to assess programme satisfaction and facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the programme generalisable to other settings. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval was obtained from McGill University and Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at scientific conferences and events for decision-makers, including in the participating communities. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03374761.
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- Mónica Ruiz-Casares
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'île-de-Montréal, SHERPA University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Changes in neuroplasticity following early-life social adversities: the possible role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Pediatr Res 2019; 85:225-233. [PMID: 30341412 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0205-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Social adversities experienced in childhood can have a profound impact on the developing brain, leading to the emergence of psychopathologies in adulthood. Despite the burden this places on both the individual and society, the neurobiological aspects mediating this transition remain unclear. Recent advances in preclinical and clinical research have begun examining neuroplasticity-the nervous system's ability to form adaptive changes in response to new experience-in the context of early-life vulnerability to social adversities and plasticity-related alterations following such traumatic events. A key mediator of plasticity-related molecular processes is the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which has also been implicated in various psychiatric disorders related to childhood social adversities. Preclinical and clinical data suggest early-life social adversities (ELSA) might be associated with accelerated maturation of social network circuitry, a possible ontogenic adaptation to the adverse environment. Neural plasticity decreases by adulthood, lessening the efficacy of treatment in ELSA-related psychiatric disorders. However, literature data suggest that by increasing BDNF/TrkB signalling through antidepressant treatment a juvenile-like plasticity state can be induced, which allows for reorganization of the social circuitry when guided by psychotherapy and surrounded by a safe and positive environment.
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Warmingham JM, Handley ED, Rogosch FA, Manly JT, Cicchetti D. Identifying maltreatment subgroups with patterns of maltreatment subtype and chronicity: A latent class analysis approach. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2019; 87:28-39. [PMID: 30224068 PMCID: PMC6348036 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Maltreatment experiences are complex, and it is difficult to characterize the heterogeneity in types of maltreatment. Subtypes, such as emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect commonly co-occur and may persist across development. Therefore, treating individual maltreatment subtypes as independently occurring is not representative of the nature of maltreatment as it occurs in children's lives. Latent class analysis (LCA) is employed herein to identify subgroups of maltreated children based on commonalities in maltreatment subtype and chronicity. In a sample of 674 low-income urban children, 51.6% of whom experienced officially documented maltreatment, our analyses identified four classes of children, with three distinct classes based on maltreatment subtypes and chronicity, and one group of children who did not experience maltreatment. The largest class of maltreated children identified was the chronic, multi-subtype maltreatment class (57% of maltreated children); a second class was characterized by only neglect in a single developmental period (31% of maltreated children), and the smallest class was characterized by a single subtype of maltreatment (emotional maltreatment, physical, or sexual abuse) occurring in a single developmental period (12% of maltreated children). Characterization of these groups confirms the overlapping nature of maltreatment subtypes. There were notable differences between latent classes on child behavioral and socio-emotional outcomes measured by child self-report and camp counselors report during a one-week summer camp. The largest differences were between the non-maltreated class and the chronic maltreatment class. Children who experienced chronic, multi-subtype maltreatment showed higher levels of externalizing behavior, emotion dysregulation, depression, and anxiety.
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- Jennifer M Warmingham
- University of Rochester, Mt Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States.
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- University of Rochester, Mt Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States
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- University of Rochester, Mt Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States.
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- University of Rochester, Mt Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States
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- University of Rochester, Mt Hope Family Center, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States; University of Minnesota, United States
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Luoni C, Agosti M, Crugnola S, Rossi G, Termine C. Psychopathology, Dissociation and Somatic Symptoms in Adolescents Who Were Exposed to Traumatic Experiences. Front Psychol 2018; 9:2390. [PMID: 30564170 PMCID: PMC6288276 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background: The direct and long-term effects of children’s exposure to traumatic events can be seen in a complex continuum, based first of all on the type of trauma. Children’s reactions to trauma may have different manifestations from the clinical picture of the PTSD, exhibiting dissociative, somatic, depressive or anxiety symptoms, and/or disruptiveness. Aim: we conducted a cross-sectional study in a psychiatric patients sample to determine the extent to which complex trauma history is associated with disease-related characteristics (diagnosis, dissociative symptoms, somatic symptomatology, impairment degree). Methods: We have enrolled 107 subjects, aged between 12 and 18 years, who consecutively referred for a psychiatric evaluation to the Child Neuropsychiatry Unit of the Del Ponte Hospital in Varese. All subjects underwent a clinical evaluation performed by infantile neuropsychiatrists. The battery of tests that was administered to patients included CGI and CGAS (filled out by the clinician), CBCL (filled out by parents), MMPI-A and TSSC-A (filled out by patients), and Wechsler scale. Results: We found out that 35.5% of subjects had a mood disorder, 23.4% a personality disorder, 13.1% a psychotic disorder, 20.6% a post-traumatic stress disorder, while 26.2% were classified as other diagnostic categories (more frequently ADHD, DOP and conduct disorders). 58.9% of patients had at least one comorbidity. 33.6% of subjects also experienced a complex trauma. In multivariate logistic regression analyses, subgroup fellows were collapsed to compare the single trauma and no trauma versus complex trauma group. Gender, age and affective disorders were generally unrelated to subjects’, clinicians’, and parents’ scores. About subjects’ self-assessment (MMPI-A Structural Summary Factors), complex trauma history was a statistically significant contributor to high scores on the Immaturity, Health Concerns, Familial Alienation and Psychoticism Factors, followed by presence of dissociative symptoms (except for Familial Alienation factor). Presence of dissociative symptoms, personality and psychotic disorder diagnosis was related to higher clinician impairment scores (CGI-S > 4). Conclusion: These results reinforce available evidence that in trauma-exposed adolescents, the full burden of trauma, including other psychiatric diagnosis than PTSD (such as affective, personality, and psychotic disorders), dissociative and somatic symptomatology, is substantial and needs appropriate assessment and therapeutic interventions.
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- Chiara Luoni
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Mother and Child Department, Del Ponte Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, Del Ponte Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Mother and Child Department, Del Ponte Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Mother and Child Department, Del Ponte Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Mother and Child Department, Del Ponte Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Islam MJ, Mazerolle P, Broidy L, Baird K. Does the type of maltreatment matter? Assessing the individual and combined effects of multiple forms of childhood maltreatment on exclusive breastfeeding behavior. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 86:290-305. [PMID: 30391785 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been associated with a range of adult health outcomes; however, extant research has focused more on exposure to a single form of abuse rather than multiple forms. Moreover, very few studies have specifically investigated the impact of CM on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) outcomes. OBJECTIVES This study aims to examine: (1) the individual and combined effects of multiple forms of CM on EBF outcomes; and (2) whether postpartum depression and maternal stress act to mediate or moderate the association between CM and EBF. METHOD Cross-sectional survey data were collected between October 2015 and January 2016 from 426 women of Bangladesh who were six months postpartum. RESULTS Based on the adjusted multivariate logistic regression model, women who experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA) were significantly less likely to exclusively breastfeed babies than their non-abused counterparts (AOR: 0.38, 95% CI [0.15, 0.92]). When a composite measure was created to examine the additive effects of adverse childhood experiences, a dose-response association was observed between the reported number of different types of CM and early termination of EBF. Though experiencing postpartum depression and maternal stress do not mediate the effect of CSA on EBF, they do moderate them such that the odds of early termination of EBF are notably higher among women who experienced CSA in combination with postpartum depression or high levels of stress. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study offer some insight into the intergenerational effects associated with CM experiences, and underpin the need for effective policies and programs to prevent or reduce its occurrence and improve the EBF outcomes.
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- Md Jahirul Islam
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4122, Australia; Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh Planning Commission, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
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- Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4122, Australia; Department of Sociology, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, United States
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Keil J, Perren S, Schlesier-Michel A, Sticca F, Sierau S, Klein AM, Steinbeis N, von Klitzing K, White LO. Getting less than their fair share: Maltreated youth are hyper-cooperative yet vulnerable to exploitation in a public goods game. Dev Sci 2018; 22:e12765. [PMID: 30329197 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Human cooperative behavior has long been thought to decline under adversity. However, studies have primarily examined perceived patterns of cooperation, with little eye to actual cooperative behavior embedded within social interaction. Game-theoretical paradigms can help close this gap by unpacking subtle differences in how cooperation unfolds during initial encounters. This study is the first to use a child-appropriate, virtual, public goods game to study actual cooperative behavior in 329 participants aged 9-16 years with histories of maltreatment (n = 99) and no maltreatment (n = 230) while controlling for psychiatric symptoms. Unlike work on perceived patterns of cooperation, we found that maltreated participants actually contribute more resources to a public good during peer interaction than their nonmaltreated counterparts. This effect was robust when controlling for psychiatric symptoms and peer problems as well as demographic variables. We conclude that maltreatment may engender a hyper-cooperative strategy to minimize the odds of hostility and preserve positive interaction during initial encounters. This, however, comes at the cost of potential exploitation by others.
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- Jan Keil
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology, German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Empirical Educational Research, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.,Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Education, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department for Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Albott CS, Forbes MK, Anker JJ. Association of Childhood Adversity With Differential Susceptibility of Transdiagnostic Psychopathology to Environmental Stress in Adulthood. JAMA Netw Open 2018; 1:e185354. [PMID: 30646399 PMCID: PMC6324405 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Multivariable comorbidity research indicates that childhood adversity increases the risk for the development of common mental disorders. This risk is explained by underlying internalizing and externalizing transdiagnostic constructs that are amplified by environmental stressors. The differential susceptibility model suggests that this interaction of risk and environment is bidirectional: at-risk individuals will have worse outcomes in high-stress environments but better outcomes in in low-stress environments. OBJECTIVE To test the differential susceptibility model by examining how a history of adverse childhood experiences moderates the association between life stress and transdiagnostic psychopathology. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Data came from the US National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), a population-based observational longitudinal survey administered to adults (≥18 years of age). Participants completed the survey at wave 1 (from 2001 through 2002) and wave 2 (from 2004 through 2005). Responses from 34 458 participants were used for the analyses from March 3, 2017, through October 8, 2018. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Latent variables for internalizing-fear, internalizing-distress, externalizing, and general psychopathology were created to represent continuous levels of psychopathology in each wave. Latent variables were also created to represent continuous levels of life stress at each wave. Level of childhood adversity was characterized based on the number of types of childhood adversity experienced (no [0 types], low [1-2 types], and high [≥3 types] exposure). Analyses examined how the interaction between level of childhood adversity and adult life stress was associated with change in adult transdiagnostic psychopathology factors. RESULTS Of the 34 458 participants included in the analysis (58.0% women and 42.0% men; mean [SD] age, 46.0 [17.4] years at wave 1 and 49.0 [17.3] years at wave 2), 40.5% had no adverse childhood experiences, 34.6% had 1 to 2, and 24.9% had 3 or more. At wave 1, 61.5% of the sample endorsed at least 1 stressful life event and 27.2% met criteria for at least 1 mental disorder; at wave 2, these figures were 64.7% and 29.7%, respectively. Childhood adversity moderated the association between changes in adult life stress and changes in all transdiagnostic psychopathology factors. Specifically, higher levels of childhood adversity had a stronger association between adult life stress and adult transdiagnostic psychopathology factors. Further, significant differences between childhood adversity groups occurred in the mean scores of all transdiagnostic psychopathology factors for both increases and decreases in life stress, providing preliminary evidence of differential susceptibility. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Results provide empirical support for childhood adversity as a differential susceptibility factor engendering heightened functional and dysfunctional reactivity to later stress.
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- C Sophia Albott
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
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Demeusy EM, Handley ED, Rogosch FA, Cicchetti D, Toth SL. Early Neglect and the Development of Aggression in Toddlerhood: The Role of Working Memory. CHILD MALTREATMENT 2018; 23:344-354. [PMID: 29874924 DOI: 10.1177/1077559518778814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Previous research has provided evidence for the robust relation between maltreatment and the development of externalizing behavior, including aggression. However, less empirical attention has been given to the specific role of neglect. The current study aimed to examine the role of working memory in the association between early neglect and aggression in toddlerhood. Longitudinal data were collected from 89 infants and their biological mothers when the infant was approximately 12, 26, and 38 months old. History of neglect was assessed at 12 months using official Child Protective Service records. Working memory and mental development were assessed at 26 months. Aggression was measured using maternal report at 38 months. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, and mediation was tested using 95% asymmetric confidence intervals. Results indicated that infants who experienced neglect exhibited poorer working memory abilities, specifically spatial working memory, and higher rates of aggression in toddlerhood. In addition, spatial working memory mediated the relation between neglect and aggression, suggesting that this may be one promising target for intervention.
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- 1 Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- 1 Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
- 2 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- 1 Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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Guo L, Li P, Pan S, Li M, Li W, Gao X, Huang G, Xu Y, Lu C. Associations of childhood maltreatment with subsequent illicit drug use among Chinese adolescents: The moderating role of the child's sex. Psychiatry Res 2018; 269:361-368. [PMID: 30173042 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Adolescence is a critical period for the onset of illicit drug use. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of illicit drug use among Chinese adolescents, to assess the associations between different forms of childhood maltreatment and subsequent illicit drug use and to test whether the child's sex plays a moderating role in the associations. A secondary analysis was made of cross-sectional data collected from 10th to 12th graders from China who were sampled in the 2015 School-based Chinese Adolescents Health Survey. A total of 59,518 questionnaires were included in the final analysis. The prevalence estimates and logistic regression analyses were weighted to account for the complex survey design. If the interaction term (between childhood maltreatment and sex) was significantly associated with illicit drug use, we would perform stratification analyses across sex. Of the total sample, 45.2% were boys, and the mean (SD) age was 17.0 (0.9) years. The results of stratification analyses demonstrated that among boys, physical abuse and sexual abuse were independently associated with an increased risk of use during their lifetime of MDMA, methamphetamine, ketamine, and mephedrone; among girls, only emotional abuse and sexual abuse were associated with MDMA use, methamphetamine use, ketamine use, and mephedrone use.
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- Lan Guo
- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Center for ADR Monitoring of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Center for ADR Monitoring of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China; Center for ADR Monitoring of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhonshan Rd 2, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China.
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Stone LB, Amole MC, Cyranowski JM, Swartz HA. History of childhood emotional abuse predicts lower resting-state high-frequency heart rate variability in depressed women. Psychiatry Res 2018; 269:681-687. [PMID: 30273892 PMCID: PMC6223021 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Childhood emotional abuse impairs emotion regulation and increases risk for major depressive disorder in adulthood. Mounting evidence suggests that decreased resting-state high-frequency heart rate variability, an index of parasympathetic function, represents a transdiagnostic biomarker of emotion dysregulation. We propose that adults with histories of major depressive disorder and childhood emotional abuse represent a subpopulation at particularly high risk to exhibit deficits in parasympathetic control. The current report compared resting-state high-frequency heart rate variability across three groups: (1) depressed women who endorsed childhood emotional abuse (N = 11); (2) depressed women without childhood emotional abuse (N = 19), and (3) never-depressed women without childhood emotional abuse (N = 22). Participants completed childhood trauma self-reports and assessment of resting-state high-frequency heart rate variability. ANCOVAs comparing the three groups after controlling for health-related, psychiatric, and respiratory factors were significant. Depressed women with childhood emotional abuse exhibited lower high-frequency heart rate variability than both groups without childhood emotional abuse (d's ranging from 0.81-0.92). Surprisingly, psychiatric factors were non-significant predictors, indicating that childhood emotional abuse may have a unique impact on autonomic functioning. Future research on larger samples is needed to disentangle the relative and synergistic burdens of depression and childhood trauma on physiologic indicators of emotion dysregulation.
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- Lindsey B Stone
- Department of Psychology, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Sierau S, White LO, Klein AM, Manly JT, von Klitzing K, Herzberg PY. Assessing psychological and physical abuse from children's perspective: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the picture-based, modularized child-report version of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale - Revised (CTSPC-R). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205401. [PMID: 30296298 PMCID: PMC6175525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Child victims’ reports of psychological and physical abuse by caregivers are a fundamental source of information beyond official records and caregiver reports. However, few or no sensitive and age-appropriate child-report instruments exist that have undergone in-depth validity and reliability testing across a broad age-range. Our study addresses this gap by examining psychometric properties of a picture-based, modularized version of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC-R), encompassing the maltreatment subtypes of psychological and physical abuse. A sample of 904 children and adolescents aged 4–16 years from the community (n = 568), child psychiatric services (n = 159), and from Child Protective Services (CPS; n = 177) completed the CTSPC-R. Measures to test convergent (maltreatment in parent interviews and CPS records) and concurrent validity (psychiatric symptoms) were collected. The CTSPC-R comprises 22 items, arranged in three severity modules by increasing level of psychological and physical abuse by caregivers. Companion picture cards were provided for children aged 4 and 8 years. The best fit to the data was attained with a second-order factor model, assuming three inter-correlated factors corresponding to the three severity modules, and a latent second-order factor representing combined physical and psychological abuse. The three factors showed good internal consistencies. Supporting convergent validity at the global and subtype-level of maltreatment, the CTSPC-R severity scale was associated with lifetime CPS-contact, presence of caregiver-reported emotional maltreatment and physical abuse, and dimensions of chronicity and severity. Discriminant validity was supported by non-significant correlations with caregiver-reported lack of supervision, failure to provide, and sexual abuse. Bolstering concurrent validity, moderate and severe physical abuse predicted caregiver-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These effects were independent of child age, gender or community vs. non-community samples. Our study supports the CTSPC-R as a scientifically and clinically sound tool for ascertaining the child’s own perspective on psychological and physical abuse from an early age onwards.
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- Susan Sierau
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Mount Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Koçtürk N, Yüksel F. The Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse in the School Environment in Turkey. JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 2018; 27:852-869. [PMID: 30067467 DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2018.1501787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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School may represent a protective factor, boosting the mental health of the student body, while also representing a risk factor that heightens the potential for mental health problems. The present study aims to identify the individual and familial characteristics associated with the incidents of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Turkey's school environment. The incidents involving school-related CSA constituted 5.6% (N = 125) of 2,238 cases. The following was discovered: an adult committed the majority (64%) of CSA in the school environment; most adult perpetrators were teachers (62.5%). This study determined that the perpetrators manipulated the victims via methods that included physical abuse (11.2%), threats (19.2%), tricks/deception (15.2%), and taking photographs/videos with sexual content (3.2%); and CSA incidents involved intercourse (15.2%); and almost three-quarter of the victims of CSA in the school environment reported the incident late. This study indicates that peer perpetrators abuse younger victims and a greater proportion of male victims relative to adult perpetrators. In light of these findings, school security must be improved, especially in public schools, and trainings aimed at preventing bullying and sexual abuse (SA) should be given to all school staff, students, and parents.
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- Nilüfer Koçtürk
- a SB Yıldırım Beyazıt University Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- b SB Atatürk Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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Maas MK, Bray BC, Noll JG. A Latent Class Analysis of Online Sexual Experiences and Offline Sexual Behaviors Among Female Adolescents. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2018; 28:731-747. [PMID: 29152811 PMCID: PMC5960611 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study used latent class analysis to identify patterns (i.e., classes) across a broad range of online sexual experiences among female adolescents (n = 312) and to explore offline sexual behavior and substance use correlates of as well as maltreatment differences in class membership. The following four classes were identified: Online Abstinent, Online Inclusive, Attractors, and Seekers. Maltreated female adolescents were more likely to be members of the Online Inclusive class and less likely to be members of the Online Abstinent class than nonmaltreated female adolescents. Offline sexual behaviors and substance use differentially predicted class membership. These results suggest online sexual experiences vary greatly and should not be aggregated together as a global risk factor for all female adolescents.
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In both child and adult psychiatry, empirical evidence has now accrued to suggest that a single dimension is able to measure a person's liability to mental disorder, comorbidity among disorders, persistence of disorders over time, and severity of symptoms. This single dimension of general psychopathology has been termed "p," because it conceptually parallels a dimension already familiar to behavioral scientists and clinicians: the "g" factor of general intelligence. As the g dimension reflects low to high mental ability, the p dimension represents low to high psychopathology severity, with thought disorder at the extreme. The dimension of p unites all disorders. It influences present/absent status on hundreds of psychiatric symptoms, which modern nosological systems typically aggregate into dozens of distinct diagnoses, which in turn aggregate into three overarching domains, namely, the externalizing, internalizing, and psychotic experience domains, which finally aggregate into one dimension of psychopathology from low to high: p. Studies show that the higher a person scores on p, the worse that person fares on measures of family history of psychiatric illness, brain function, childhood developmental history, and adult life impairment. A dimension of p may help account for ubiquitous nonspecificity in psychiatry: multiple disorders share the same risk factors and biomarkers and often respond to the same therapies. Here, the authors summarize the history of the unidimensional idea, review modern research into p, demystify statistical models, articulate some implications of p for prevention and clinical practice, and outline a transdiagnostic research agenda. [AJP AT 175: Remembering Our Past As We Envision Our Future October 1910: A Study of Association in Insanity Grace Helen Kent and A.J. Rosanoff: "No sharp distinction can be drawn between mental health and mental disease; a large collection of material shows a gradual and not an abrupt transition from the normal state to pathological states."(Am J Psychiatry 1910; 67(2):317-390 )].
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- Avshalom Caspi
- From the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; and the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London
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- From the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; and the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London
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Zeanah CH, Humphreys KL. Child Abuse and Neglect. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2018; 57:637-644. [PMID: 30196867 PMCID: PMC6615750 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and various forms of neglect of children are associated with substantially increased risk for concurrent and subsequent psychopathology and are among the common problems encountered by clinicians in many clinical settings. Such cases pose additional challenges for clinicians because of the many complex family and system forces that engulf these children and their families. Assessing maltreated children generally requires more time than evaluations of children who have not experienced maltreatment. Young children, who experience the highest rates of maltreatment, present especially complex assessments because they are so dependent upon their caregiving environments. Treatment of psychopathology associated with maltreatment, which is often multimodal, requires addressing a variety of external factors that may perpetuate or exacerbate symptoms and impaired functioning. We suggest that the more clinicians understand the different cultures of the legal and child protective services systems will help them advocate more effectively for maltreated children's bests interests so that the complexity of their problems is matched by the comprehensiveness of our efforts to minimize their suffering, enhance their development, and promote their competence.
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- Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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Van der Kooij IW, Chotoe-Sanchit RK, Moerman G, Lindauer RJL, Roopnarine JR, Graafsma TLG. Perceptions of Adolescents and Caregivers of Corporal Punishment: A Qualitative Study Among Indo-Caribbean in Suriname. VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS 2018; 33:686-707. [PMID: 30567768 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-16-00222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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While the protection of children from all forms of violence is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, violence remains a part of life for children around the globe. Corporal punishment is a form of violence and a dominant practice as a method of corrective parenting in the Caribbean. While researchers are starting to ask children directly about their experiences of violence, there is limited research on children's perspectives of the function, legality, and boundaries of corporal punishment, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. This study begins to address this gap by reporting on 12 focus groups that were conducted with adolescents (aged 12 to 18 years) and caregivers of Indo-Caribbean background in Suriname. The aim is to explore adolescents' and caregivers' shared perspectives about the prevalence of corporal punishment in Suriname, responses to and feelings about its use as a discipline strategy and perspectives of the rationales for and against corporal punishment, and their views on banning it. Analyses were done using ATLAS.ti version 1.0.50, a qualitative data package. Corporal punishment showed to be an everyday experience in children's lives in Suriname. There was no clear consensus regarding adolescents' and caregivers' perspectives on the parental use of corporal punishment. Many participants hesitated to support efforts to prohibit corporal punishment legally. Messages arising from this study could usefully inform the development of a public information campaign on safe and effective discipline of children in Suriname.
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- De Bascule Academic Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
- University of the West Indies, Family Development & Children's Research Centre, Trinidad, Tobago
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- Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Suriname
- De Bascule Academic Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hodgdon HB, Spinazzola J, Briggs EC, Liang LJ, Steinberg AM, Layne CM. Maltreatment type, exposure characteristics, and mental health outcomes among clinic referred trauma-exposed youth. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 82:12-22. [PMID: 29852362 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Building upon prior research documenting differential effects of psychological maltreatment, physical, and sexual abuse on youth mental health outcomes (Spinazzola et al., 2014), the present study sought to clarify the relative predictive contributions of type of maltreatment compared to salient exposure characteristics. The sample included 5058 clinic-referred youth from the Core Dataset (CDS) of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) with lifetime histories of exposure to one or more of three specific types of maltreatment: psychological maltreatment (PM), physical abuse (PA), and sexual abuse (SA). First, we examined variations in salient trauma characteristics (age of onset, duration of exposure, number of co-occurring trauma types, and perpetrator type and number) by maltreatment group. Second, we examined whether type of maltreatment remained associated with mental health measures after adjusting for demographic variables and trauma characteristics. Profiles for youth with PM were more severe than youth who experienced either PA or SA only. Co-occurring PM and PA was associated with the most severe trauma exposure profile and with severity of PTSD symptoms, even after adjusting for demographic and trauma characteristics. Youth exposed to SA only had a distinct trauma profile and greater PTSD symptom severity after adjusting for demographic and trauma characteristic variables. Study findings hold important implications for trauma screening, assessment, and intervention, as well as for traumatic stress research methods that extend beyond abuse-specific or cumulative-risk approaches.
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- Hilary B Hodgdon
- The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, Brookline, MA, United States; Suffolk University, Department of Psychology, Boston, MA, United States.
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- UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Durham, NC, United States; Duke University School of Medicine, United States
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- University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, United States
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- UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, University of California, Los Angles, United States
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- UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, University of California, Los Angles, United States
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Conway CC, Raposa EB, Hammen C, Brennan PA. Transdiagnostic pathways from early social stress to psychopathology: a 20-year prospective study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2018; 59:855-862. [PMID: 29315560 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adverse family environments confer susceptibility to virtually all psychiatric problems. This study evaluated two possible models to explain this diversity of associations. Stressful family circumstances during childhood could either activate general, transdiagnostic liabilities to mental disorder or promote numerous disorder-specific liabilities. METHODS We recruited a high-risk sample of 815 mother-offspring pairs and assessed social stressors in the family context prospectively from the perinatal period through offspring age 5. We factor analyzed offspring mental disorder diagnoses at age 20 to parse transdiagnostic and disorder-specific dimensions of psychopathology. RESULTS Structural analyses revealed nearly equivalent prospective effects of early family stress on overarching Internalizing (β = .30) and Externalizing (β = .29) dimensions. In contrast, there was no evidence of disorder-specific effects. CONCLUSIONS Social stressors early in life activate transdiagnostic, and not disorder-specific, liabilities to psychopathology. A focus on higher-order dimensions of psychopathology could accelerate etiological research and intervention efforts for stress-linked mental disorders.
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- Christopher C Conway
- Department of Psychological Sciences, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Håkansson U, Watten R, Söderström K, Skårderud F, Øie MG. Adverse and adaptive childhood experiences are associated with parental reflective functioning in mothers with substance use disorder. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 81:259-273. [PMID: 29775870 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mothers with a substance use disorder (SUD) are at risk for maladaptive parenting practices, and have heightened likelihood of having experienced childhood adversity themselves. In addition, parental reflective functioning (PRF), a capacity underlying sensitive caregiving, is often low in mothers with SUD. This study examines the relationship between PRF and aversive (emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect) and adaptive (safety and competence) experiences, in different developmental phases (early childhood, latency, and adolescence) in mothers with a SUD. A sample of 43 mothers with small children were interviewed with the Parental Developmental Interview to assess PRF, and they completed the Traumatic Antecedents Questionnaire regarding aversive and adaptive experiences. In addition, we used the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-10 to control for mental health status and a battery of neuropsychological tests to control for executive functions. Results indicated that adaptive experiences in early childhood were positively related to PRF, and that experience of emotional abuse was negatively related to PRF. When separating the group of mothers in two sub-groups based on PRF level, results showed that mothers with negative to low PRF had significantly more experiences of adversities in early childhood and latency, and significantly less adaptive experiences in early childhood, latency and adolescence, compared to mothers with moderate to high PRF. In addition, mothers with adequate to high PRF reported experiencing significantly more types of adaptive experiences, and significantly less adversities compared to mothers with negative to low PRF. Results are discussed in relation to developmental trauma, resilience, epistemic trust and mistrust.
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- Ulrika Håkansson
- Innland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway.
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- Innland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway
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- Innland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway; Division Mental Health Care, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway
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- Norwegian School of Sport Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Research Division, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway
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Stern A, Agnew-Blais J, Danese A, Fisher HL, Jaffee SR, Matthews T, Polanczyk GV, Arseneault L. Associations between abuse/neglect and ADHD from childhood to young adulthood: A prospective nationally-representative twin study. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 81:274-285. [PMID: 29775871 PMCID: PMC6013278 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Child maltreatment has consistently been found to be associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the robustness of this association and the direction of the link between maltreatment and ADHD remain unclear. We used data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a cohort of 2232 British twins, to investigate the associations between exposure to abuse/neglect and ADHD in childhood and in young adulthood, and to test their robustness and specificity. We also aimed to test longitudinal associations between abuse/neglect and ADHD from childhood to young adulthood, controlling for confounders. Results indicated strong associations between abuse/neglect and ADHD in childhood and also in young adulthood. In childhood, the association was concentrated among children with comorbid conduct disorder. Longitudinal analyses showed that childhood ADHD predicted abuse/neglect in later years. This association was again concentrated among individuals with comorbid conduct disorder. Abuse/neglect in childhood was not associated with later ADHD in young adulthood after adjusting for childhood ADHD. Our study does not provide support of a causal link between child abuse/neglect and adult ADHD but highlights the possibility of a long-term effect of disruptive behaviors on the risk for experiencing abuse/neglect. These findings emphasize the need for clinicians treating people with ADHD, especially those with comorbid conduct disorder, to be aware of their increased risk for experiencing abuse/neglect. Interventions aimed at reducing risks of abuse/neglect should also focus on the environment of individuals with disruptive behaviors.
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- Adi Stern
- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Quidé Y, Cohen-Woods S, O'Reilly N, Carr VJ, Elzinga BM, Green MJ. Schizotypal personality traits and social cognition are associated with childhood trauma exposure. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2018; 57:397-419. [PMID: 29923348 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Childhood trauma is a common risk factor for adult psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar-I disorder (BD). However, its association with schizotypal personality traits, as well as cognitive and social cognitive abilities, is less well studied in these populations. METHODS In a cohort of 79 SZ cases, 84 BD cases, and 75 healthy controls (HCs), clinically significant levels of childhood trauma exposure (according to scores on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ) were evident in 54 SZ, 55 BD, and 26 HC individuals. Trauma-exposed and non-exposed groups were compared on schizotypal personality features (schizotypy) measured with the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Cognitive assessments included executive function, working memory, attention, and immediate and delayed memory. Social cognitive measures assessed facial emotion processing and theory-of-mind abilities. RESULTS Trauma-exposed participants showed higher levels of schizotypy, especially suspiciousness, relative to non-exposed individuals, regardless of clinical or HC status. Furthermore, trauma-exposed individuals showed deficits specifically in social cognitive, but not general cognitive abilities, regardless of clinical or HC status. These trauma-related results were found in the context of higher schizotypy levels in both SZ and BD relative to HC, and lower cognitive and social cognitive performance in SZ, relative to BD and HC groups. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that childhood trauma exposure impacts long-term schizotypy outcomes, especially paranoid ideation (suspiciousness), as well as complex social cognitive abilities in both healthy and psychotic populations. However, cognitive deficits associated with psychotic illness may not be distinguishable from those related to trauma exposure in previous studies. PRACTITIONER POINTS Findings Childhood trauma exposure is associated with increased schizotypal features (in particular paranoid ideation) and complex social cognitive abilities, independently of the diagnosis of psychotic disorder. Cognitive and social cognitive deficits were larger in schizophrenia compared to bipolar-I cases and healthy controls, but increased schizotypal features were observed in both schizophrenia and bipolar-I disorder relative to healthy controls. Limitations We were unable to distinguish the specific effects of particular childhood trauma exposures due to the high rate of exposure to more than one type of maltreatment. Retrospective assessment of childhood trauma in adulthood cannot be externally validated, and associations with behavioural traits in later life may be confounded by other factors not studied here.
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- Yann Quidé
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, the Netherlands.,Clinical, Health and Neuropsychology Unit, Leiden University, the Netherlands
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Nilsson KW, Åslund C, Comasco E, Oreland L. Gene-environment interaction of monoamine oxidase A in relation to antisocial behaviour: current and future directions. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2018; 125:1601-1626. [PMID: 29881923 PMCID: PMC6224008 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-018-1892-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Since the pioneering finding of Caspi and co-workers in 2002 that exposure to childhood maltreatment predicted later antisocial behaviour (ASB) in male carriers of the low-activity MAOA-uVNTR allele, frequent replication studies have been published. Two meta-analyses, one in 2006 and the other in 2014, confirmed the original findings by Caspi and co-workers. In the present paper, we review the literature, note some methodological aspects of candidate gene–environment interaction (cG×E) studies and suggest some future directions. Our conclusions are as follows. (1) The direction of the effect in a cG×E model may differ according to the positive and negative environmental background of the population. (2) There is a predictor-intersection problem such that when measuring one type of maltreatment in a person, other kinds of maltreatment often co-occur. Other forms of abuse are implicitly considered in statistical models; therefore, it is difficult to draw conclusions about the effects of timing and the severity of different forms of stressful life events in relation to ASB. (3) There is also an outcome-intersection problem because of the major intersection of ASB and other forms of mental health problems. It is likely that the G×E with MAOA is related to a common unmeasured factor. (4) For the G×E model, in which the effect of the gene on the outcome variable is dependent on other predictor variables, theoretically, hypothesis-driven statistical modelling is needed.
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- Kent W Nilsson
- Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden.
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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de Oliveira IR, Matos-Ragazzo AC, Zhang Y, Vasconcelos NM, Velasquez ML, Reis D, Ribeiro MG, da Rocha MM, Rosario MC, Stallard P, Cecil CAM. Disentangling the mental health impact of childhood abuse and neglect: A replication and extension study in a Brazilian sample of high-risk youth. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 80:312-323. [PMID: 29679873 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Childhood maltreatment is a key predictor of mental health problems across the life span. Yet, how maltreatment types independently and jointly influence the risk for psychiatric problems remains unclear. The aim of the study was two-fold: first, to replicate recent findings regarding the impact of maltreatment types on youth psychiatric symptoms, based on a Brazilian sample of high-risk adolescents (n = 347; age range = 11-17 yrs), and second, to extend existing findings by examining whether this relationship is mediated by bullying victimization and/or perpetration. Measures included self-report ratings of childhood maltreatment and peer victimization, as well as multi-informant reports of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Consistent with prior research, we found that: (i) maltreatment types often co-occurred; (ii) there was a linear association between number of maltreatment types experienced and symptom severity (i.e. cumulative effect); and (iii) emotional abuse emerged as the most consistent independent predictor of poor mental health across domains, raters, and gender. Additionally, this study extends previous findings by showing that the influence of maltreatment on psychiatric outcomes is partially mediated by peer victimization, but not by bullying perpetration. In conclusion, these findings expand our understanding of the heterogeneity in individual responses to maltreatment as well as highlighting emotional abuse as an important predictor of poor mental health.
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- Irismar Reis de Oliveira
- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil.
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Postgraduate Programs (Medicine and Health, and Interactions of Organs and Systems), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Developmental Disorders Postgraduate Program, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Group, Department of Health, University of Bath, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Rosen AL, Handley ED, Cicchetti D, Rogosch FA. The impact of patterns of trauma exposure among low income children with and without histories of child maltreatment. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 80:301-311. [PMID: 29674290 PMCID: PMC5953839 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Previous research has revealed a large prevalence of trauma experienced by children, creating high risk for the development of psychopathology. Research investigating the negative impacts of child maltreatment and other traumas has typically examined these experiences individually, controlling for co-occurring traumas, or has combined these experiences into a general variable of risk, thereby obscuring the complex relationships among environmental traumas and maltreatment. The current study expands on previous research by elucidating relationships between multiple contexts of overlapping traumas and maltreatment experienced by children, and by categorizing how these experiences join together to impact internalizing and externalizing symptomatology. Participants included 316 maltreated children and 269 nonmaltreated children (M age = 9.4, SD = 0.88) who attended a summer day camp research program for low-income children. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) identified three differential patterns of trauma exposure across children: 1) community violence and loss; 2) pervasive trauma; and 3) low trauma. Covariate analyses demonstrated that child maltreatment was significantly associated with class membership, suggesting that maltreated children were more likely to experience diverse traumas extending beyond their maltreatment experiences (pervasive trauma class). A two-way analysis of variance also demonstrated that trauma latent class membership and child maltreatment each represented unique predictors of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, with each having an independent effect on symptomatology. This investigation provides unique insight into the differential impact of patterns of trauma exposure and child maltreatment, providing support for further research and clinical practice addressing multiple levels of a child's ecology.
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- Abigail L Rosen
- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, United States.
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- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, United States; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, United States
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- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, United States.
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Müller LE, Bertsch K, Bülau K, Herpertz SC, Buchheim A. Emotional neglect in childhood shapes social dysfunctioning in adults by influencing the oxytocin and the attachment system: Results from a population-based study. Int J Psychophysiol 2018; 136:73-80. [PMID: 29859994 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Early life maltreatment (ELM) is the major single risk factor for impairments in social functioning and mental health in adulthood. One of the most prevalent and most rapidly increasing forms of ELM is emotional neglect. According to bio-behavioral synchrony assumptions, the oxytocin and attachment systems play an important mediating role in the interplay between emotional neglect and social dysfunctioning. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether fear and avoidance of social functioning, two important and highly prevalent facets of social dysfunctioning in adulthood, are shaped by emotional neglect, plasma oxytocin levels and attachment representations. We assessed emotional neglect as well as other forms of ELM with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, current attachment representations with the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System, and fear and avoidance of social situations with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale in a population-based sample of N = 121 men and women. Furthermore, 4.9 ml blood samples were drawn from each participant to assess peripheral plasma oxytocin levels. Applying a sequential mediation model, results revealed that emotional neglect was associated with lower plasma oxytocin levels which in turn were associated with insecure attachment representations which were related to elevated fear and avoidance of social situations (a1d21b2: F3,117 = 20.84, P < .001). Plasma oxytocin and current attachment representations hence fully and sequentially mediate the effects of emotional neglect on social fear and avoidance, two important facets of adult social dysfunctioning, confirming bio-behavioral synchrony assumptions.
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- Laura E Müller
- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Badr HE, Naser J, Al-Zaabi A, Al-Saeedi A, Al-Munefi K, Al-Houli S, Al-Rashidi D. Childhood maltreatment: A predictor of mental health problems among adolescents and young adults. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 80:161-171. [PMID: 29609135 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Child maltreatment is a risk factor for detrimental effects on mental health that may extend to adulthood. This study aimed to examine the association between exposure to childhood maltreatment, socio-demographic factors, and students' mental health status and self-esteem. A cross-sectional study enrolled a representative sample of 1270 students from Kuwait University. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire included students' socio-demographic characteristics, history of exposure to childhood physical and/or emotional maltreatment, DASS-21 to assess mental health status, and Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression models were applied. The study found that among participants, 49.6%(95% CI: 64.8%-52.4%), 63.0%(95% CI: 60.3%-65.7%), and 43.8%(95% CI: 41.1%-46.6%) reported having depression, anxiety, and stress respectively. Moreover, 22.5%(95% CI: 20.1%-24.8%) and 18.6%(95% CI:16.5%-20.9%) reported childhood physical and emotional maltreatment, respectively; while 12.7% reported both. Multivariate analysis revealed that experiencing childhood physical and emotional maltreatment were independent contributors to reporting depression and anxiety; while exposure to only emotional maltreatment contributed to reporting stress. Gender, GPA, childhood enrollment in private/public schools, number of close friends, were other contributors to mental health problems. Participants' median score of self-esteem was 17/30, and only childhood emotional maltreatment was a significant predictor to low self-esteem after adjustment for other confounders. Mental health problems, and experiencing childhood physical and emotional maltreatment were prevalent relatively high among university students. Childhood corporal and emotional maltreatment were independent predictors to adolescents and young adults' mental health problems. Experiencing childhood emotional maltreatment predicted low self-esteem. Further research to assess culture factors associated with childhood maltreatment is recommended.
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- Hanan E Badr
- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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- Department of Community Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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Lawn RB, Anderson EL, Suderman M, Simpkin AJ, Gaunt TR, Teschendorff AE, Widschwendter M, Hardy R, Kuh D, Relton CL, Howe LD. Psychosocial adversity and socioeconomic position during childhood and epigenetic age: analysis of two prospective cohort studies. Hum Mol Genet 2018; 27:1301-1308. [PMID: 29365106 PMCID: PMC5985722 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Psychosocial adversity in childhood (e.g. abuse) and low socioeconomic position (SEP) can have significant lasting effects on social and health outcomes. DNA methylation-based biomarkers are highly correlated with chronological age; departures of methylation-predicted age from chronological age can be used to define a measure of age acceleration, which may represent a potential biological mechanism linking environmental exposures to later health outcomes. Using data from two cohorts of women Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, (ALSPAC), N = 989 and MRC National Survey of Health and Development, NSHD, N = 773), we assessed associations of SEP, psychosocial adversity in childhood (parental physical or mental illness or death, parental separation, parental absence, sub-optimal maternal bonding, sexual, emotional and physical abuse and neglect) and a cumulative score of these psychosocial adversity measures, with DNA methylation age acceleration in adulthood (measured in peripheral blood at mean chronological ages 29 and 47 in ALSPAC and buccal cells at age 53 in NSHD). Sexual abuse was strongly associated with age acceleration in ALSPAC (sexual abuse data were not available in NSHD), e.g. at the 47-year time point sexual abuse associated with a 3.41 years higher DNA methylation age (95% CI 1.53 to 5.29) after adjusting for childhood and adulthood SEP. No associations were observed between low SEP, any other psychosocial adversity measure or the cumulative psychosocial adversity score and age acceleration. DNA methylation age acceleration is associated with sexual abuse, suggesting a potential mechanism linking sexual abuse with adverse outcomes. Replication studies with larger sample sizes are warranted.
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- Rebecca B Lawn
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Insight Centre for Data Analytics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- Department of Women’s Cancer, University College London, UK
- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, UK
- CAS-Max-Planck Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, UK
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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Checknita D, Ekström TJ, Comasco E, Nilsson KW, Tiihonen J, Hodgins S. Associations of monoamine oxidase A gene first exon methylation with sexual abuse and current depression in women. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2018; 125:1053-1064. [PMID: 29600412 PMCID: PMC5999185 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-018-1875-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Childhood physical abuse (PA) and sexual abuse (SA) interact with monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene polymorphism to modify risk for mental disorders. In addition, PA and SA may alter gene activity through epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, thereby further modifying risk for disorders. We investigated whether methylation in a region spanning the MAOA first exon and part of the first intron was associated with PA and/or SA, MAOA genotype, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, depression disorders, anxiety disorders, and conduct disorder. 114 Swedish women completed standardized diagnostic interviews and questionnaires to report PA and SA, and provided saliva samples for DNA extraction. DNA was genotyped for MAOA-uVNTR polymorphisms, and methylation of a MAOA region of interest (chrX: 43,515,544–43,515,991) was measured. SA, not PA, was associated with hypermethylation of the MAOA first exon relative to no-abuse, and the association was robust to adjustment for psychoactive medication, alcohol and drug dependence, and current substance use. SA and MAOA-uVNTR genotype, but not their interaction, was associated with MAOA methylation. SA associated with all measured mental disorders. Hypermethylation of MAOA first exon mediated the association of SA with current depression, and both methylation levels and SA independently predicted lifetime depression. Much remains to be learned about the independent effects of SA and MAOA-uVNTR genotypes on methylation of the MAOA first exon.
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- David Checknita
- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. .,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Psychiatry Building R5:00 c/o Jari Tiihonen, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Centre for Clinical Research, Västmanland County Council, Uppsala University, Västerås, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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Does childhood neglect contribute to violent behavior in adulthood? A review of possible links. Clin Psychol Rev 2018; 60:126-135. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Revised: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lee SW, Yoo JH, Kim KW, Kim D, Park H, Choi J, Teicher MH, Jeong B. Hippocampal Subfields Volume Reduction in High Schoolers with Previous Verbal Abuse Experiences. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2018; 16:46-56. [PMID: 29397666 PMCID: PMC5810448 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2018.16.1.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Objective Reduced hippocampal volume and alterations in white matter tracts have been frequently reported in adults having the history of emotional maltreatment. We investigated whether these structural change occur in adolescents with previous verbal abuse (VA) experiences. Methods Hippocampal subfield volume and white matter structural connectivity measures were assessed in 31 first year male high school students with various degrees of exposure to parental and peer VA. Results The high VA group showed significant volume reduction in the left cornu ammonis (CA) 1 and left subiculum compared to the low VA group (p<0.05). Volumes of left hippocampal subfields CA1 and subiculum were negatively correlated with previous VA experiences (p<0.05). Increased mean diffusivity (MD) of the splenium of the corpus callosum was related to high VA score across all subjects (p<0.05). There was an inverse relationship between volume of the CA1 and subiculum and MD of the splenium (p<0.05). Conclusion Exposure to parental and peer VA may affect development of the left hippocampal subfields and the splenium of corpus callosum. These structural alterations can be discernible during adolescence.
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- Sang Won Lee
- Computational Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Computational Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
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- Computational Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Computational Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.,KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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Doherty TS, Roth TL. Epigenetic Landscapes of the Adversity-Exposed Brain. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2018; 157:1-19. [PMID: 29933946 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2017.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It is understood that adversity during development has the power to alter behavioral trajectories, and the role of the epigenome in that relationship is currently under intense investigation. Several studies in both nonhuman animals and humans have established a link between early adversity and epigenetic regulation of genes heavily implicated in the stress response, plasticity and cognition, and psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. Thus the relatively recent surge of studies centering on the epigenetic outcomes of stress has great potential to inform treatments and interventions for psychiatric disorder precipitated by early adversity. Here we review what we know and what we do not know, and suggest approaches to help further elucidate the relationship between early adversity, epigenetics, and behavior.
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- University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
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Lueger-Schuster B, Knefel M, Glück TM, Jagsch R, Kantor V, Weindl D. Child abuse and neglect in institutional settings, cumulative lifetime traumatization, and psychopathological long-term correlates in adult survivors: The Vienna Institutional Abuse Study. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2018; 76:488-501. [PMID: 29276971 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Child maltreatment (CM) in foster care settings (i.e., institutional abuse, IA) is known to have negative effects on adult survivor's mental health. This study examines and compares the extent of CM (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect) and lifetime traumatization with regard to current adult mental health in a group of survivors of IA and a comparison group from the community. Participants in the foster care group (n = 220) were adult survivors of IA in Viennese foster care institutions, the comparison group (n = 234) consisted of persons from the Viennese population. The comparison group included persons who were exposed to CM within their families. Participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, the International Trauma Questionnaire for ICD-11, and the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and completed a structured clinical interview. Participants in the foster care group showed higher scores in all types of CM than the comparison group and 57.7% reported exposure to all types of CM. The foster care group had significantly higher prevalence rates in almost all mental disorders including personality disorders and suffered from higher symptom distress in all dimensional measures of psychopathology including depression, anxiety, somatization, dissociation, and the symptom dimensions of PTSD. In both groups, adult life events and some but not all forms of CM predicted PTSD and adult life events partly mediated the association of PTSD and CM. Explanations for the severe consequences of CM and IA are discussed.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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Bendre M, Comasco E, Checknita D, Tiihonen J, Hodgins S, Nilsson KW. Associations Between MAOA-uVNTR Genotype, Maltreatment, MAOA Methylation, and Alcohol Consumption in Young Adult Males. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2018; 42:508-519. [PMID: 29222910 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epigenetic mechanisms are candidate moderators of the effect of maltreatment on brain and behavior. Interactions between maltreatment and the monoamine oxidase A upstream variable number tandem repeat genotype (MAOA-uVNTR) are associated with alcohol-related problems. However, presently it is not known whether DNA methylation moderates this association. The study focused on 53 young adult males and aimed to determine whether MAOA methylation moderated the association of alcohol-related problems with the interaction of MAOA-uVNTR and maltreatment, and whether alcohol consumption moderated the association of MAOA methylation with the interaction of MAOA-uVNTR and maltreatment. METHODS MAOA-uVNTR genotypes with ≤ 3 and > 3 repeats were categorized as short (S) and long (L), respectively. Data on maltreatment were obtained retrospectively, using self-reported questionnaires. DNA methylation of 16 candidate CpGs within part of the MAOA first exon and intron was assessed and grouped based on principal component analyses. Alcohol-related problems were assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol consumption was measured using AUDIT-C. Moderation effects were assessed and probed using the moderated moderation model and Johnson-Neyman's method, respectively. RESULTS Carriers of the S allele, who experienced maltreatment and displayed lower Component 1 (mean of CpGs 13-16 in the first intron) MAOA methylation levels, reported higher AUDIT score in contrast to L-allele carriers. Carriers of the S allele, who reported higher AUDIT-C score and experienced maltreatment, displayed lower Component 3 (mean of CpGs 2-6 in the first exon) MAOA methylation levels than L-allele carriers. CONCLUSIONS Intronic methylation moderated the association of alcohol-related problems with the interaction of MAOA-uVNTR and maltreatment. Alcohol consumption moderated the association of exonic methylation with the interaction of MAOA-uVNTR and maltreatment. These results suggest that epigenetic factors as well as genotype and maltreatment play a role in the development of alcohol misuse among young adult males.
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- Megha Bendre
- Department of Neuroscienc, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscienc, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscienc, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
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Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased neural response to ambiguous threatening facial expressions in adulthood: Evidence from the late positive potential. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2018; 18:143-154. [DOI: 10.3758/s13415-017-0559-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rasmussen IS, Arefjord K, Winje D, Dovran A. Childhood maltreatment trauma: a comparison between patients in treatment for substance use disorders and patients in mental health treatment. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2018; 9:1492835. [PMID: 30034641 PMCID: PMC6052420 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1492835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background: While previous research has found strong associations between childhood maltreatment trauma and substance use disorders (SUDs), the role of possible moderating effects of gender and mediating effects of psychopathology and SUD is unclear. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate differences in self-reported childhood maltreatment trauma, general psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress symptoms between 112 patients in treatment for substance use disorders (SUD group) and 112 matched controls with mild to moderate mental health disorders (comparison group). Methods: Childhood maltreatment trauma was measured by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF). General psychological distress was measured by the Symptom Checklist-90 - Revised (SCL-90-R), and post-traumatic stress symptoms were measured by the Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R). Results: The SUD group reported more severe childhood maltreatment trauma than the comparison group. Females in the SUD group reported more severe and various forms of trauma compared to males. The SUD group reported higher mean scores on the SCL-90-R, but the proportions of people with caseness scores on the IES-R and the SCL-90-R were similar in the two samples. The SUD group reported more avoidance symptoms than the comparison group. Conclusion: This study adds further evidence to the repeatedly found strong associations between childhood maltreatment trauma and SUD, implying that the prevention of childhood maltreatment trauma may reduce the occurrence of SUD. Furthermore, patients with SUD should be screened for childhood maltreatment trauma, and the results should be applied in trauma-informed as well as trauma-focused interventions aimed to help this population. The association appears to be particularly strong for female substance users.
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- Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,The Stine Sofies Foundation and The Stine Sofie Centre, Grimstad, Norway
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Schaefer JD, Moffitt TE, Arseneault L, Danese A, Fisher HL, Houts R, Sheridan MA, Wertz J, Caspi A. Adolescent Victimization and Early-Adult Psychopathology: Approaching Causal Inference Using a Longitudinal Twin Study to Rule Out Noncausal Explanations. Clin Psychol Sci 2017; 6:352-371. [PMID: 29805917 PMCID: PMC5952301 DOI: 10.1177/2167702617741381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Adolescence is the peak age for both victimization and mental disorder onset.
Previous research has reported associations between victimization exposure and
many psychiatric conditions. However, causality remains controversial. Within
the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, we tested whether seven types of
adolescent victimization increased risk of multiple psychiatric conditions and
approached causal inference by systematically ruling out noncausal explanations.
Longitudinal within-individual analyses showed that victimization was followed
by increased mental health problems over a childhood baseline of
emotional/behavioral problems. Discordant-twin analyses showed that
victimization increased risk of mental health problems independent of family
background and genetic risk. Both childhood and adolescent victimization made
unique contributions to risk. Victimization predicted heightened generalized
liability (the “p factor”) to multiple psychiatric spectra, including
internalizing, externalizing, and thought disorders. Results recommend violence
reduction and identification and treatment of adolescent victims to reduce
psychiatric burden.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University.,Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University.,Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London.,National and Specialist Child Traumatic Stress and Anxiety Clinic, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University.,Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University.,Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London
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Sheridan MA, Peverill M, Finn AS, McLaughlin KA. Dimensions of childhood adversity have distinct associations with neural systems underlying executive functioning. Dev Psychopathol 2017; 29:1777-1794. [PMID: 29162183 PMCID: PMC5733141 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417001390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Childhood adversity is associated with increased risk for psychopathology. Neurodevelopmental pathways underlying this risk remain poorly understood. A recent conceptual model posits that childhood adversity can be deconstructed into at least two underlying dimensions, deprivation and threat, that are associated with distinct neurocognitive consequences. This model argues that deprivation (i.e., a lack of cognitive stimulation and learning opportunities) is associated with poor executive function (EF), whereas threat is not. We examine this hypothesis in two studies measuring EF at multiple levels: performance on EF tasks, neural recruitment during EF, and problems with EF in daily life. In Study 1, deprivation (low parental education and child neglect) was associated with greater parent-reported problems with EF in adolescents (N = 169; 13-17 years) after adjustment for levels of threat (community violence and abuse), which were unrelated to EF. In Study 2, low parental education was associated with poor working memory (WM) performance and inefficient neural recruitment in the parietal and prefrontal cortex during high WM load among adolescents (N = 51, 13-20 years) after adjusting for abuse, which was unrelated to WM task performance and neural recruitment during WM. These findings constitute strong preliminary evidence for a novel model of the neurodevelopmental consequences of childhood adversity.
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Rosencrans PL, Bui E, Rogers AH, Simon NM, Baker AW. Disentangling Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Quality of Life in Childhood Trauma and Adult Anxiety. Int J Cogn Ther 2017. [DOI: 10.1521/ijct.2017.10.4.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Effects of maltreatment and parental schizophrenia spectrum disorders on early childhood social-emotional functioning: a population record linkage study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2017; 26:612-623. [PMID: 27488170 PMCID: PMC5729847 DOI: 10.1017/s204579601600055x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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AIMS Childhood maltreatment and a family history of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) are each associated with social-emotional dysfunction in childhood. Both are also strong risk factors for adult SSDs, and social-emotional dysfunction in childhood may be an antecedent of these disorders. We used data from a large Australian population cohort to determine the independent and moderating effects of maltreatment and parental SSDs on early childhood social-emotional functioning. METHODS The New South Wales Child Development Study combines intergenerational multi-agency data using record linkage methods. Multiple measures of social-emotional functioning (social competency, prosocial/helping behaviour, anxious/fearful behaviour; aggressive behaviour, and hyperactivity/inattention) on 69 116 kindergarten children (age ~5 years) were linked with government records of child maltreatment and parental presentations to health services for SSD. Multivariable analyses investigated the association between maltreatment and social-emotional functioning, adjusting for demographic variables and parental SSD history, in the population sample and in sub-cohorts exposed and not exposed to parental SSD history. We also examined the association of parental SSD history and social-emotional functioning, adjusting for demographic variables and maltreatment. RESULTS Medium-sized associations were identified between maltreatment and poor social competency, aggressive behaviour and hyperactivity/inattention; small associations were revealed between maltreatment and poor prosocial/helping and anxious/fearful behaviours. These associations did not differ greatly when adjusted for parental SSD, and were greater in magnitude among children with no history of parental SSD. Small associations between parental SSD and poor social-emotional functioning remained after adjusting for demographic variables and maltreatment. CONCLUSIONS Childhood maltreatment and history of parental SSD are associated independently with poor early childhood social-emotional functioning, with the impact of exposure to maltreatment on social-emotional functioning in early childhood of greater magnitude than that observed for parental SSDs. The impact of maltreatment was reduced in the context of parental SSDs. The influence of parental SSDs on later outcomes of maltreated children may become more apparent during adolescence and young adulthood when overt symptoms of SSD are likely to emerge. Early intervention to strengthen childhood social-emotional functioning might mitigate the impact of maltreatment, and potentially also avert future psychopathology.
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Doom JR, Hazzard VM, Bauer KW, Clark CJ, Miller AL. Does striving to succeed come at a physiological or psychosocial cost for adults who experienced child maltreatment? Dev Psychopathol 2017; 29:1905-1919. [PMID: 29162192 PMCID: PMC5944330 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417001481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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While striving to succeed in the face of adversity may provide individuals with outward benefits, it may come at a cost to individuals' physical health. The current study examines whether striving predicts greater physiological or psychosocial costs among those who experienced child maltreatment, a stressor that disrupts the caregiving environment and threatens relationship security. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we tested whether greater striving after childhood maltreatment would come at a cost, increasing underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and depressive symptoms despite showing outward success via income and college degree attainment. The study included 13,341 Black, Hispanic, and White adolescents who self-reported striving and their experiences of childhood neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. As young adults, participants reported depressive symptoms, income, and college degree attainment and completed a health assessment from which a 30-year Framingham-based CVD risk score was calculated. Higher striving was associated with lower CVD risk and depressive symptoms, and higher income and college degree attainment, regardless of maltreatment history. These findings highlight the potential for striving as a target for interventions and support the need to examine multiple biological and behavioral outcomes to understand the multifaceted nature of resilience.
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Cicchetti D, Handley ED. Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene, nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 (NR3C1), in maltreated and nonmaltreated children: Associations with behavioral undercontrol, emotional lability/negativity, and externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Dev Psychopathol 2017; 29:1795-1806. [PMID: 29162187 PMCID: PMC5718163 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417001407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The present study examined the effect of various dimensions of child maltreatment (i.e., developmental timing of maltreatment, number of maltreatment subtypes, and chronicity of maltreatment) on methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene, nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 (NR3C1), and investigated the associations between NR3C1 methylation and child outcomes. Participants included 534 children who attended a research summer camp program for school-aged maltreated (53.4%) and nonmaltreated (46.6%) children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Results show that children with early onset maltreatment evidence significant hypermethylation compared to nonmaltreated children. Moreover, more maltreatment subtypes experienced and more chronic maltreatment are both related to greater NR3C1 hypermethylation. Findings also indicate that hypermethylation of NR3C1 is linked with a number of negative child outcomes including greater emotional lability-negativity, higher levels of ego undercontrol, more externalizing behavior, and greater depressive symptoms. Together, results highlight the role of methylation of NR3C1 in the effects of child maltreatment on the development of emotion dysregulation and psychopathology.
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Sullivan TJ, Feinstein BA, Marshall AD, Mustanski B. Trauma exposure, discrimination, and romantic relationship functioning: A longitudinal investigation among LGB young adults. PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER DIVERSITY 2017. [PMID: 29527540 DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sexual orientation-related discrimination is common among sexual minority individuals, but its influence on romantic relationship functioning remains unclear. Further, exposure to potentially traumatic events may influence the association between discrimination and relationship functioning, but this has not been tested among sexual minority couples to date. The current study examines breadth of lifetime trauma exposure as a moderator of the associations between recent discrimination and changes in relationship functioning (satisfaction, commitment, and trust) over twelve months among 86 racially/ethnically diverse sexual minority young adults in relationships. For those with low trauma exposure, discrimination was associated with increases in satisfaction and commitment, but not trust. In contrast, for those with high trauma exposure, discrimination was not associated with changes in relationship functioning. Thus, some partnered sexual minority young adults may experience resilience in the face of discrimination, such that discrimination may promote positive relationship functioning. However, this does not appear to extend to those with more extensive trauma exposure histories. With an eye toward informing interventions, these findings call for additional research on individual differences in responses to discrimination, such as support seeking and dyadic coping.
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- Timothy J Sullivan
- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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Howe TR, Knox M, Altafim ERP, Linhares MBM, Nishizawa N, Fu TJ, Camargo APL, Ormeno GIR, Marques T, Barrios L, Pereira AI. International child abuse prevention: insights from ACT Raising Safe Kids. Child Adolesc Ment Health 2017; 22:194-200. [PMID: 32680418 DOI: 10.1111/camh.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evidence-based practices are often viewed as lofty goals endorsed by wealthy academics in developed nations, but impossible to implement in other contexts. This article will provide evidence suggesting that, to the contrary, we can indeed scale up western-developed parenting interventions that can be both effective and warmly received by parents in diverse cultural and economic contexts. METHODS/RESULTS This paper gives a brief overview of the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program and summarizes the results of evaluation studies done with parents around the world. It discusses specific strategies facilitators use to modify the program as necessary to fit cultural contexts while also maintaining fidelity, implementing the manualized curriculum under varied, and complex circumstances. CONCLUSIONS It is hoped that the lessons learned from our work will inspire practitioners to adapt ACT or other programs to diverse contexts, evaluate those programs, and thereby improve the mental health and life trajectories of children and families around the world.
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- Tasha R Howe
- Psychology Department, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Clinical Psychology Program, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant University, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Education, Counseling and Guidance Program, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology Graduate Studies, Universidade Tuiuti do Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Psychology Department, Universidade de Lisboa, CICPSI, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Psychology Department, Universidade de Lisboa, CICPSI, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Psychology Department, Universidade de Lisboa, CICPSI, Lisbon, Portugal
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Bandoli G, Campbell-Sills L, Kessler RC, Heeringa SG, Nock MK, Rosellini AJ, Sampson NA, Schoenbaum M, Ursano RJ, Stein MB. Childhood adversity, adult stress, and the risk of major depression or generalized anxiety disorder in US soldiers: a test of the stress sensitization hypothesis. Psychol Med 2017; 47:2379-2392. [PMID: 28443533 PMCID: PMC5595661 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717001064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The stress sensitization theory hypothesizes that individuals exposed to childhood adversity will be more vulnerable to mental disorders from proximal stressors. We aimed to test this theory with respect to risk of 30-day major depressive episode (MDE) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among new US Army soldiers. METHODS The sample consisted of 30 436 new soldier recruits in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience (Army STARRS). Generalized linear models were constructed, and additive interactions between childhood maltreatment profiles and level of 12-month stressful experiences on the risk of 30-day MDE and GAD were analyzed. RESULTS Stress sensitization was observed in models of past 30-day MDE (χ2 8 = 17.6, p = 0.025) and GAD (χ2 8 = 26.8, p = 0.001). This sensitization only occurred at high (3+) levels of reported 12-month stressful experiences. In pairwise comparisons for the risk of 30-day MDE, the risk difference between 3+ stressful experiences and no stressful experiences was significantly greater for all maltreatment profiles relative to No Maltreatment. Similar results were found with the risk for 30-day GAD with the exception of the risk difference for Episodic Emotional and Sexual Abuse, which did not differ statistically from No Maltreatment. CONCLUSIONS New soldiers are at an increased risk of 30-day MDE or GAD following recent stressful experiences if they were exposed to childhood maltreatment. Particularly in the military with an abundance of unique stressors, attempts to identify this population and improve stress management may be useful in the effort to reduce the risk of mental disorders.
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- Gretchen Bandoli
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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Kuhlman KR, Chiang JJ, Horn S, Bower JE. Developmental psychoneuroendocrine and psychoneuroimmune pathways from childhood adversity to disease. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 80:166-184. [PMID: 28577879 PMCID: PMC5705276 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Childhood adversity has been repeatedly and robustly linked to physical and mental illness across the lifespan. Yet, the biological pathways through which this occurs remain unclear. Functioning of the inflammatory arm of the immune system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis are both hypothesized pathways through which childhood adversity leads to disease. This review provides a novel developmental framework for examining the role of adversity type and timing in inflammatory and HPA-axis functioning. In particular, we identify elements of childhood adversity that are salient to the developing organism: physical threat, disrupted caregiving, and unpredictable environmental conditions. We propose that existing, well-characterized animal models may be useful in differentiating the effects of these adversity elements and review both the animal and human literature that supports these ideas. To support these hypotheses, we also provide a detailed description of the development and structure of both the HPA-axis and the inflammatory arm of the immune system, as well as recent methodological advances in their measurement. Recommendations for future basic, developmental, translational, and clinical research are discussed.
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Carliner H, Gary D, McLaughlin KA, Keyes KM. Trauma Exposure and Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2017; 56:755-764.e3. [PMID: 28838580 PMCID: PMC5657578 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2017.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Exposure to violence and other forms of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) are common among youths with externalizing psychopathology. These associations likely reflect both heightened risk for the onset of externalizing problems in youth exposed to PTEs and elevated risk for experiencing PTEs among youth with externalizing disorders. In this study, we disaggregate the associations between exposure to PTEs and externalizing disorder onset in a population-representative sample of adolescents. METHOD We analyzed data from 13- to 18-year-old participants in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) (N = 6,379). Weighted survival models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for onset of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), and substance use disorders (SUDs) associated with PTEs, and for exposure to PTEs associated with prior-onset externalizing disorders. Multiplicative interaction terms tested for effect modification by sex, race/ethnicity, and household income. RESULTS All types of PTEs were associated with higher risk for SUD (HRs = 1.29-2.21), whereas only interpersonal violence (HR = 2.49) was associated with onset of CD and only among females. No associations were observed for ODD. Conversely, ODD and CD were associated with elevated risk for later exposure to interpersonal violence and other/nondisclosed events (HRs = 1.45-1.75). CONCLUSION Externalizing disorders that typically begin in adolescence, including SUDs and CD, are more likely to emerge in adolescents with prior trauma. ODD onset, in contrast, is unrelated to trauma exposure but is associated with elevated risk of experiencing trauma later in development. CD and interpersonal violence exposure exhibit reciprocal associations. These findings have implications for interventions targeting externalizing and trauma-related psychopathology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hannah Carliner
- Columbia University, New York; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.
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