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Berthelot N, Garon-Bissonnette J. Characterizing the heterogeneity of disruptions in the resolution of trauma among women exposed to childhood maltreatment. Dev Psychopathol 2024:1-14. [PMID: 39291363 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579424001019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
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The previously observed heterogeneity in developmental and intergenerational trajectories of childhood trauma may root from interindividual differences in the way trauma-exposed individuals have resolved these experiences. The current study explored whether distinctive patterns of impaired mentalization in relation to trauma could be identified in a sample of 825 pregnant women who experienced childhood maltreatment and whether these heterogeneous patterns were marked by significant differences in internalized and externalized problems during pregnancy, intimate partner violence, personality dysfunctions, and antenatal attachment. A latent profile analysis applied to the seven subscales of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire unraveled interindividual variability in mentalizing impairments among pregnant women exposed to childhood maltreatment by identifying five distinctive types of psychological responses to trauma, each being associated in cross-sectional analyses with a specific set of symptoms and dysfunctions. Overall, the study highlights the need for tailored interventions based on the individuals' specific impairments in mentalizing trauma and calls for future developmental research exploring the longitudinal correlates of the five documented profiles of trauma processing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicolas Berthelot
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec city, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Huang F, Lu W, Zhao X, Li N, Zhao T, Guo S, Liu B, Ren R, Yang L, Wang L, Gao Y, Wang R, Song M, Lin Q, Xu Y, Jin N, Liu K, Bai M, Wang X. Suicidal ideation in medical students of Hebei province: prevalence and associated factors. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1398668. [PMID: 39140111 PMCID: PMC11319246 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1398668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
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Objectives This study investigated the prevalence of suicidal ideation (SI) among Chinese medical students and its associated risk factors. Methods A total of 6643 medical students (2383 males/4260 females) were recruited from a medical college in Hebei Province, China. Demographic data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (CTQ-SF) was used to evaluate childhood maltreatment (CM), and the Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist (ASLEC) was used to evaluate the stressful life events. Suicidal ideation was assessed using the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the factors affecting SI. Results The prevalence of SI in medical students was 11.5% (763/6643). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that SI was significantly associated with younger age, a female sex, being lovelorn, being introverted, experiencing CM during childhood, and experiencing stressful life events within the past 12 months. Of the five subtypes of CM, emotional abuse may have the strongest effect on SI (OR=2.76, 95% CI: 1.72-4.42). The joint effects of CM and stressful life events were significantly associated with an increased risk of SI (OR=5.39, 95% CI: 4.15-6.98). Conclusion The prevalence of SI among medical students is high, and medical students who have experienced CM and stressful life events have a higher tendency towards SI. Screening for both CM and stressful life events may be an effective way of identifying individuals at high risk of SI.
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shijiazhuang, China
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Berthelot N, Larouche K, Garon-Bissonnette J, Deschênes K, Drouin-Maziade C, Lemieux R. Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization-based intervention for pregnant women. Infant Ment Health J 2024; 45:369-381. [PMID: 38598747 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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The birth of a child has been associated with a decline in couple satisfaction, which has implications for the child's social-emotional development. This study investigated the potential spillover effect on pregnant women's perceptions of their relationships with their partners of the Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood (STEP) program, a brief trauma-informed mentalization-based prenatal group intervention. Participants (94% White) were recruited in prenatal clinics and through online advertisements in Quebec, Canada. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from participants assigned to the STEP program (n = 42) and those receiving treatment-as-usual (TAU; n = 125). Women participating in STEP reported significant improvements in their relationships with their partners compared to those assigned to TAU. More precisely, they reported higher couple satisfaction, enhanced communication, and increased interest in their partners' emotional experience. The qualitative analysis further substantiated these results, with participants reporting having involved their partners in their pregnancy, shared their insights about themselves with their partners and gained fresh perspectives on their relationships. Participants in STEP also expressed sharing program materials with their partners and considered that such interventions should be extended to expecting fathers. This study underscores the potential of mentalization-based interventions to indirectly contribute to couple relationships, which may have positive implications for parenting and the infant.
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- Nicolas Berthelot
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
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Marsland AL, Jones E, Reed RG, Walsh CP, Natale BN, Lindsay EK, Ewing LJ. Childhood trauma and hair cortisol response over the year following onset of a chronic life event stressor. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2024; 165:107039. [PMID: 38581748 PMCID: PMC11139569 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Childhood trauma may contribute to poor lifelong health in part through programming of the HPA-axis response to future life stressors. To date, empirical evidence shows an association of childhood trauma with dysregulation of the HPA-axis and blunted cortisol reactivity to acute stressors. Here, we conduct an initial examination of childhood trauma as a moderator of changes over time in perceived stress levels and HPA-axis response to a major chronic stressor in adulthood. METHODS Participants were 83 maternal caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer who completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and who, over the year following their child's cancer diagnosis, had hair samples collected up to 7 times for the assessment of cortisol and completed monthly measures of perceived stress. RESULTS CTQ scores were in the expected range for a community sample and associated with changes in perceived stress and cortisol concentration over time (γ =.003, p =.002; γ = -.0004, p =.008, respectively) independently of age, education, treatment intensity and randomization to stress management intervention. Maternal caregivers who endorsed lower childhood trauma showed a steeper decline in perceived stress and a larger increase in cortisol levels across the year than caregivers who recalled more childhood trauma. CONCLUSIONS Findings extend animal models and studies that examine cortisol reactivity to acute stressors and suggest that childhood trauma may program a phenotype that is more psychologically reactive but shows a blunted HPA-axis response to chronic stress. While adaptive in the short-term, this early life programming may incur long-term costs for health. Further work is warranted to examine this possibility.
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- University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
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Meneguzzo P, Terlizzi S, Maggi L, Todisco P. The loneliness factor in eating disorders: Implications for psychopathology and biological signatures. Compr Psychiatry 2024; 132:152493. [PMID: 38696935 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Eating disorders (ED) are severe psychiatric conditions. While the biological consequences of EDs are well established, including an increase in inflammatory biomarkers, the influence of psychological factors, such as loneliness, has only recently gained attention in research. Loneliness has been associated with more severe psychopathology in ED patients, while its association with inflammatory biomarkers has only been explored in the general population. For these reasons, we aimed to investigate any possible associations between psychological features, trauma, and inflammatory biomarkers with loneliness in people with ED. METHODS This study examined the interaction between loneliness, eating psychopathology, and biological markers in people with EDs. A group of 97 female patients with various diagnoses of ED was assessed for loneliness, general and eating psychopathology, traumatic history during childhood, and clinical biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and urinary-free cortisol (UFC). RESULTS The results indicated that individuals with ED who reported moderate to severe loneliness also displayed greater general psychopathology (p = 0.001), weight concerns (p = 0.007), and physical neglect during childhood (p = 0.006). Furthermore, people with higher levels of loneliness also had higher inflammatory indexes (ESR p = 0.001, CRP p = 0.027) and were positively correlated with markers of stress reaction such as UFC (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The findings underscore the importance of considering loneliness in the assessment of individuals with an ED. We observed notable associations between loneliness and increased psychopathology (both general and specific to eating), as well as higher levels of inflammation and childhood physical neglect. Addressing loneliness may contribute to improving overall well-being and potentially support recovery. This consideration encompasses both psychological and physical factors that interplay in the clinical presentation of individuals.
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- Paolo Meneguzzo
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Casa di Cura Villa Margherita - Neomesia, Arcugnano, Vicenza, Italy.
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Casa di Cura Ville di Nozzano - Neomesia, Nozzano, Lucca, Italy
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Casa di Cura Villa Margherita - Neomesia, Arcugnano, Vicenza, Italy
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Majd M, Chen MA, Chirinos DA, Brown RL, LeRoy AS, Murdock KW, Lydia Wu-Chung E, Thayer JF, Fagundes CP. Trajectories of depressive symptoms early in the course of bereavement: Patterns, psychosocial factors and risk of prolonged grief. Stress Health 2024; 40:e3340. [PMID: 37926770 PMCID: PMC11069593 DOI: 10.1002/smi.3340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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In the context of bereavement, little is known about the mechanisms that differentiate normative adjustment patterns from those that may indicate potential psychopathology. This study aimed to replicate and extend previous work by (1) characterizing the trajectories of depressive symptoms from 3 to 12 months after the loss of a spouse, (2) examining whether (a) childhood maltreatment and attachment style predicted distinct depression trajectories, and (b) different depression trajectories were associated with the risk of prolonged grief at 12 months post-loss. Recently bereaved individuals (N = 175) completed self-report assessments at 3, 4, 6, and 12-months post-loss. Trajectories of depressive symptoms were estimated using group-based trajectory modelling. Four distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms were identified: (1) resilience (minimal/no depression across time points; 45%), (2) moderate depression-improved (alleviated to 'mild' by 12 months; 31%), (3) severe depression-improved (alleviated to 'moderate' by 12 months; 15%), and (4) chronic depression ('severe' symptoms across time points; 9%). Higher childhood maltreatment predicted a greater likelihood of belonging to the 'severe depression-improved' and 'chronic depression' groups than the 'resilient' and 'moderate depression-improved' groups. Widow(er)s with higher attachment anxiety were more likely to belong to the 'severe depression-improved' and 'chronic depression' groups than the 'resilient' group. The trajectory groups with persistent levels of depressive symptoms up until 6 months were more likely to exhibit prolonged grief at 12 months post-loss. Changes from pre-loss functioning cannot be estimated. Our findings provide insight into the early identification of post-loss prolonged grief.
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- Marzieh Majd
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
- Mood and Psychosis Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California–Irvine
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
- Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
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Legendre M, Milot T, Rousseau M, Lemieux R, Garon-Bissonnette J, Berthelot N. Beyond abuse and neglect: validation of the childhood interpersonal trauma inventory in a community sample of adults. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1358475. [PMID: 38487577 PMCID: PMC10937553 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1358475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Introduction Childhood trauma is not restricted to abuse or neglect and other potentially traumatic experiences need to be pondered in practice and research. The study aimed to collect validity evidence of a new measure of exposure to a broad range of potentially traumatic experiences, the Childhood Interpersonal Trauma Inventory (CITI), by evaluating whether the CITI provides important additional information compared to a gold standard measure of childhood trauma. Methods The sample consisted of 2,518 adults who completed the CITI and self-reported measures of trauma (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ) and psychiatric symptoms (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5; Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; Dissociative Experiences Scale). Results First, the sensitivity to properly detect participants having been exposed to childhood maltreatment, as measured by the CTQ (here used as the gold standard), ranged between 64.81% and 88.71%, and the specificity ranged between 68.55% and 89.54%. Second, hierarchical regressions showed that the CITI predicted between 5.6 and 14.0% of the variance in psychiatric symptoms while the CTQ only captured a very small additional part of variance (0.3 to 0.7%). Finally, 25% (n = 407) of CTQ-negative participants screened positive at the CITI. The latter reported higher severity of psychiatric symptoms than participants without trauma, suggesting that the CITI permits the identification of adults exposed to significant traumas that remain undetected using other well-validated measures. Discussion The findings underscore the utility of the CITI for research purposes and the latter's equivalence to a gold standard self-reported questionnaire to predict negative outcomes.
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- Maxime Legendre
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement de l’enfant et la Famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention auprès des Enfants Vulnérables et Négligés (GRIN), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Centre d’études Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement de l’enfant et la Famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention auprès des Enfants Vulnérables et Négligés (GRIN), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Department of Psychoeducation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche Universitaire sur les Jeunes et les Familles (CRUJeF), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychoeducation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche Universitaire sur les Jeunes et les Familles (CRUJeF), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement de l’enfant et la Famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention auprès des Enfants Vulnérables et Négligés (GRIN), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Centre d’études Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement de l’enfant et la Famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention auprès des Enfants Vulnérables et Négligés (GRIN), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement de l’enfant et la Famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention auprès des Enfants Vulnérables et Négligés (GRIN), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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Darnell BC, Lee SR, Despotes AM, Jones DA, Valentiner DP. Metacognition as a Mediator for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Childhood Stressful Life Events: An Examination of the Construct Validity of the Metacognitions Questionnaire-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychol Rep 2024:332941231217467. [PMID: 38197222 DOI: 10.1177/00332941231217467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Both cognitive and metacognitive theories implicate posttraumatic metacognition as an important factor in the maintenance of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) following stressful life events (SLEs). The Metacognitions Questionnaire-posttraumatic stress disorder (MCQ-PTSD; Wells, 2009) was previously developed to assess for metacognitions specific to SLEs and resulting PTSS. This study aimed to examine the construct validity of this measure in the context of childhood SLEs specifically. First, we confirmed the factor structure underlying the MCQ-PTSD in our sample. We then assessed whether the MCQ-PTSD would function as expected based on a theoretical model in which, controlling for posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic metacognitions were expected to mediate the relationship between childhood SLEs and PTSS. Using data from a racially diverse sample of undergraduate psychology students (N = 402; Agemean = 19.38 ± 1.81) at a large Midwestern university, the two-factor structure of the MCQ-PTSD was confirmed. Among participants who endorsed clinically significant experience of childhood SLEs (n = 203; Agemean = 19.49 ± 1.94), negative metacognitions mediated the relationships of emotional and sexual abuse with PTSS, when controlling for other posttraumatic cognitions. These relationships were not observed for positive metacognitions. These results are consistent with a metacognitive model for PTSD and suggest that the MCQ-PTSD may be a valid measure of posttraumatic metacognitions following childhood SLEs.
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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Vega S, Huang JS, Kuelbs CL, Rebbe R, Putnam-Hornstein E. A Longitudinal Study of Health Care Utilization Among Infants Investigated for Maltreatment. Acad Pediatr 2024; 24:87-91. [PMID: 37247840 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether maltreatment investigated during infancy affects high-acuity health care utilization patterns during early childhood. METHODS Retrospective case-control study based on linked data between child protection and hospital encounter records conducted to review health records of infants investigated for abuse and/or neglect. Cases and controls were followed longitudinally through the Rady Children's Hospital electronic health records for 4 years starting at the age of 1 year. RESULTS A total of 3692 children were investigated for maltreatment within the first year of life. When comparisons were made between children reported for maltreatment and matched controls, children with infancy maltreatment reports had significantly more high-acuity health care encounters than matched controls (average treatment effect = 1.53, 95% Confidence Interval 1.08-1.99, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Infants investigated for maltreatment have greater high-acuity health care utilization in early childhood. These findings highlight this population's need for well-defined medical homes to ensure appropriate health care. Further understanding of the underlying reasons for this increased health care burden will help inform these efforts.
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- Sarah Vega
- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), Calif; University of California (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), San Diego Medical Center.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), Calif; University of California (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), San Diego Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), Calif; University of California (S Vega, JS Huang, and CL Kuelbs), San Diego Medical Center
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- School of Social Work (R Rebbe and E Putnam-Hornstein), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- School of Social Work (R Rebbe and E Putnam-Hornstein), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work (E Putnam-Hornstein), Children's Data Network, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Dickman KD, Votruba-Drzal E, Matthews KA, Kamarck TW. Early Life SES, Childhood Trauma Exposures, and Cardiovascular Responses to Daily Life Stressors in Middle-aged Adults. Int J Behav Med 2023; 30:801-813. [PMID: 36417173 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-022-10141-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dysregulation in physiological responses to stress may provide a mechanism through which low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood negatively impacts health. Evidence linking early life SES to physiological stress responses is inconsistent. Exposure to childhood trauma may be an important source of heterogeneity accounting for mixed findings. Guided by the adaptive calibration model, we examined whether childhood SES and childhood trauma jointly predict ambulatory measures of cardiovascular responses to daily life stressors. METHOD A sample of 377 healthy, middle-aged adults (62% female, 80% White, 64% college-educated, Mage = 52.59 ± 7.16) completed a 4-day ecological momentary assessment protocol that measured task strain, social conflict, and ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP, respectively) at hourly intervals throughout the day. Average ambulatory blood pressure responses to stress were calculated by regressing momentary SBP and DBP on momentary measures of stress within the multilevel models. Early life SES and childhood trauma were measured retrospectively by self-report questionnaire. RESULTS Multilevel models controlling for momentary influences on blood pressure and age, sex, and race showed no main effects of early life SES or childhood trauma on ambulatory measures of cardiovascular responses to daily life stress. An interaction emerged for DBP responses to social conflict, where individuals raised in middle SES families who experienced trauma showed a blunted response relative to those who did not ([Formula: see text]-0.93, 95% CI: [-1.62, -0.24], p = .008). There was no significant SES-trauma interaction in predicting SBP responses to social conflict or blood pressure responses to task strain. CONCLUSION Results do not provide support for our predictions that were derived from the adaptive calibration model, but do suggest that the impacts of early childhood experiences on cardiovascular responses may vary by type of daily stress experience.
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- Kristina D Dickman
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Wang L, Wang R, Song M, Lu W, Li N, Gao Y, Huang F, Liu B, Chen H, An C, Wang X. Association between peripheral orexin A/B levels and depression with childhood trauma. J Affect Disord 2023; 340:592-597. [PMID: 37385389 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Orexin dysfunction has previously been demonstrated to be associated with depression. However, no studies reported the different effects of orexin A/B on depression with and without childhood trauma (CT). In this study,we assessed the correlation between expression of orexin A/B and depression severity in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients and healthy controls. METHODS A total of 97 MDD patients and 51 healthy controls were recruited in this study. According to the total scores of childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), the MDD patients were further divided into two subgroups, MDD with CT and MDD without CT. The 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17), and plasma orexin A and orexin B concentrations were measured in all participants using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Orexin B plasma levels were significantly higher in MDD patients with CT and without CT than that in the healthy control group (P < 0.05), whereas there was no statistical difference between the two depression groups. After adjusting age and BMI for covariates, the LASSO regression revealed significant association between the plasma orexin B levels and the total scores of HAMD (β = 3.348), CTQ (β = 2.005). There was no difference in plasma orexin A levels among three groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Although peripheral orexin B levels are associated with the depression, rather than orexin A, CT appear to play a role in the association between orexin B levels and depression. China Clinical Trial Registration Center (Registration No.: ChiCTR2000039692).
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- Lan Wang
- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China.
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- Mental Health Center, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Clinical Medical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Hebei technical Innovation Center for Mental Health Assessment and Intervention, 89 Donggang Road, Shijiazhuang 050031, China.
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Sun J, Lunkenheimer E, Lin D. Dimensions of child maltreatment and longitudinal diurnal cortisol patterns: The roles of resilience and child sex. Dev Psychopathol 2023:1-15. [PMID: 37746719 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Informed by the dimensional approach to adversity, this study disaggregated child maltreatment effects to examine how abuse versus neglect influenced cortisol at the baseline assessment and longitudinal changes in diurnal cortisol among a sample of Chinese children and adolescents (N = 312; aged 9-13 years; M age = 10.80, SD = 0.84; 67% boys). The moderating roles of resilience and sex differences in these associations were also explored. Results revealed distinct effects of abuse versus neglect on diurnal cortisol in girls, but not boys, which varied by the time scale of assessment and type of cortisol measure. Specifically, abuse was associated with girls' longitudinal changes in awakening cortisol, cortisol awakening response, and diurnal cortisol slope over one year, whereas neglect was associated with girls' awakening cortisol and cortisol awakening response at the baseline assessment. Further, resilience moderated the effects of abuse on girls' baseline awakening cortisol and longitudinal changes in diurnal cortisol slope, suggesting both the potential benefits and costs of resilience. Findings support the application of the dimensional approach to research on stress physiology and deepen our understanding of individual differences in the associations between child maltreatment and diurnal cortisol.
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- Jianing Sun
- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Garon-Bissonnette J, Dubois-Comtois K, St-Laurent D, Berthelot N. A deeper look at the association between childhood maltreatment and reflective functioning. Attach Hum Dev 2023; 25:368-389. [PMID: 37131288 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2023.2207558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Childhood maltreatment is theorized as impeding the development of reflective functioning (RF; ability to perceive and interpret oneself and others in terms of mental states). However, previous research typically failed to support this association or yielded small sized and mixed associations. This study aims to provide a deeper look at the association between childhood maltreatment and RF by characterizing two non-mentalizing categories. One-hundred-and-sixteen pregnant women (mean age = 27.62, SD = 4.52) from the community (48.3% with a university degree, 96.5% in a relationship with the other parent) retrospectively reported on childhood abuse and neglect using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. They also participated in the Adult Attachment Interview subsequently coded using the Reflective Functioning Scale. Participants with poor to low RF were allocated to one of two groups (disavowal-distancing or distorted-inconsistent) using indicators provided in the RF Scale. No association was found between childhood maltreatment and overall RF when controlling for education level. A multinomial logistic regression revealed that childhood maltreatment was strongly predictive of a disrupted, over-analytical and inconsistent reflection about mental states but not of a tendency to discourse little about mental states. This tendency was rather only predicted by education level. Findings suggest that childhood maltreatment would lead to specific impairments in RF and that not considering how individuals fail to mentalize about attachment relationships may mask strong associations between RF and its determinants and correlates, including childhood maltreatment.
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- Julia Garon-Bissonnette
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, CAN
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montréal, CAN
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, CAN
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Centre de recherche, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, CAN
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Centre de recherche universitaire sur les jeunes et les familles (CRUJeF), Québec, CAN
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, CAN
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Partner Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montréal, CAN
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, CAN
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, CAN
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Hong A, Zhou S, Yang C, Liu X, Su S, Wang Z. Impact of childhood trauma on the abnormal functional connectivity of brain regions in the fear network model of panic disorder. J Affect Disord 2023; 329:500-510. [PMID: 36858271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND People who have suffered childhood trauma may be more susceptible to panic disorder (PD). Existing evidence indicates that childhood trauma can significantly impact brain function. Meanwhile, the brain regions involved in the fear network model (FNM) of PD highly overlap with the brain regions affected by childhood trauma. However, it remains unclear whether functional connections between brain regions associated with the FNM in patients with PD are affected by childhood trauma. This study aimed to investigate the effects of childhood trauma on the functional connectivity (FC) of brain regions associated with the FNM in patients with PD. METHOD This study recruited 62 patients with PD, including 21 with a high level of childhood trauma (PD_HCT), 41 with a low level of childhood trauma (PD_LCT), and 40 healthy controls (HCs). The patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging resting-state scanning. The amygdala, anterior cingulate, thalamus, and hippocampus were chosen as regions of interest (ROIs) to examine group differences in ROIs and whole-brain resting-state FC (rsFC). RESULTS Compared with PD_HCT patients, PD_LCT patients exhibited significantly increased rsFC in the right thalamus, right temporo-occipital middle temporal gyrus, left thalamus, and right temporo-occipital middle temporal gyrus. Compared with HCs, PD_LCT patients had increased rsFC between the right thalamus and the right temporo-occipital middle temporal gyrus. CONCLUSION Patients with PD who had suffered high and low levels of childhood trauma were found to exhibit different pathological rsFC alterations in the FNM, suggesting that childhood trauma may be an important risk factor for the development of PD symptoms.
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- Ang Hong
- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Fitzgerald M, Morgan AA. Marital quality and depression as mediators linking childhood maltreatment to adult physical health. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2023; 141:106189. [PMID: 37163970 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment is known to influence adult physical health among midlife adults. Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms mediate the association. However, research has discounted the role of marital quality in understanding health outcomes among adults maltreated in childhood. OBJECTIVE To advance this line of inquiry, we examined the relationship between marital quality and depressive symptoms in a sequential mediation model linking childhood maltreatment to adult physical health over ten years. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Our sample consisted of midlife adults (n = 550) from three waves of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study. The majority (n = 91.4 %) were white. At MIDUS 2, the mean age was 54.84 (SD = 10.78) and the mean age at MIDUS 3 was 63.96 (SD = 10.81). METHODS Structural equation modeling was used to examine the degree to which marital quality and depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult physical outcomes. Bootstrapping procedures were used to estimate the indirect effects. RESULTS The serial mediation effects from maltreatment to adult physical health through marital quality and depressive symptoms were significant. Likewise, the simple indirect effects from maltreatment to subjective evaluations and the number of chronic health conditions through depressive symptoms were also significant. CONCLUSIONS Childhood maltreatment is linked to adult physical health problems through marital quality and depressive symptoms, suggesting that the quality of adult marriages may play a critical role in health outcomes. Improving the quality of marriages may reduce risk factors, such as depression, that potentate future physical health problems.
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- Michael Fitzgerald
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America.
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Fitzgerald M, Wright LE, Bishop AJ. Does Forgiveness Enhance Or Detract From Relationship Quality Among Sexual Abuse Survivors? JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 2023; 32:455-474. [PMID: 36760013 DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2174469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Many women experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) during their childhood and CSA often negatively impacts adult's romantic relationships. Consequently, it is important to understand the protective factors that buffer against the detrimental impact of CSA on the quality of women's romantic relationships. Forgiveness may be one such factor. The current study looked at trait forgiveness as a moderator of CSA and overall relationship quality, positive relationship quality, and negative relationship quality. A sample of 171 women completed an online survey. Using hierarchical regression, forgiveness was found to moderate the association between CSA and overall relationship quality and negative relationship quality, but not positive relationship quality. Findings indicate that the interaction between CSA and forgiveness was significant, but higher levels of forgiveness actually decreased overall relationship quality and increased negative relationship quality. The relationship between CSA and overall reports of relationship quality and negative relationship quality were stable at low levels of forgiveness, but when forgiveness was high overall relationship quality decreased and negative relationship quality increased. CSA was also directly associated with lower levels of positive relationship quality. Findings from the study indicate continued conceptual refinement when considering CSA, forgiveness, and relationship quality.
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- University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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Simon MS, Ioannou M, Arteaga-Henríquez G, Wijkhuijs A, Berghmans R, Musil R, Müller N, Drexhage HA. Premature T cell aging in major depression: A double hit by the state of disease and cytomegalovirus infection. Brain Behav Immun Health 2023; 29:100608. [PMID: 36909830 PMCID: PMC9995284 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Introduction Previous research indicates that premature T cell senescence is a characteristic of major depressive disorder (MDD). However, known senescence inducing factors like cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or, probably, childhood adversity (CA) have not been taken into consideration so far. Objective Differentiation and senescent characteristics of T cells of MDD patients were investigated in relation to healthy controls (HC), taking the CMV seropositivity and CA into account. Methods 127 MDD and 113 HC of the EU-MOODSTRATIFICATION cohort were analyzed. Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis was performed to determine B, NK, and T cell frequencies. In a second FACS analysis, naïve, effector memory (Tem), central memory (Tcm), effector memory cells re-expressing RA (TEMRA), as well as CD28+ and CD27+ memory populations, were determined of the CD4+ and CD8+ T cell populations in a subsample (N = 35 MDD and N = 36 HC). CMV-antibody state was measured by IgG ELISA and CA by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Results We detected a CMV-antibody positivity in 40% of MDD patients (35% HC, n. s.) with seropositive MDD cases showing a higher total childhood trauma score. Second, a higher inflation of memory CD4+ T helper cells in CMV seronegative patients as compared to seronegative HC and reduced numbers of naïve CD4+ T helper cells in CMV seropositive patients (not in CMV seropositive HC) were found. Third, a higher inflation of memory CD8+ T cytotoxic cells in CMV seropositive cases as compared to CMV seropositive HC, particularly of the TEMRA cells, became apparent. Higher percentages of CD4+ TEMRA and late stage CD27-CD28- TEMRA cells were similar in both HC and MDD with CMV seropositivity. Overall, apportioning of T cell subpopulations did not differ between CA positive vs negative cases. Conclusions MDD patients show several signs of a CMV independent "MDD specific" premature T cell aging, such as a CMV independent increase in CD4+ T memory cells and a latent naïve CD4 T-cell reduction and a latent CD8+ T-cell increase. However, these two latent T cell senescence abnormalities only become evident with CMV infection (double hit).
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- Maria S Simon
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9713, GZ, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015, GD, Netherlands
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- Advanced Practical Diagnostics BVBA, Turnhout, 2300, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015, GD, Netherlands
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Ben-Porat T, Bacon SL, Woods R, Fortin A, Lavoie KL. Childhood Maltreatment in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Weight Loss, Depression and Eating Behavior. Nutrients 2023; 15:2046. [PMID: 37432188 DOI: 10.3390/nu15092046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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We aimed to explore the relationships between childhood maltreatment and changes in weight, depressive symptoms and eating behavior post-bariatric surgery (BS). Participants (n = 111, 85% females) were evaluated pre-surgery, and at 6 months (6 M) and 12 months (12 M) post-BS. History of maltreatment was assessed at baseline (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-II) and eating behavior (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire) were assessed at all time points. Participants' mean age and median BMI were 45.1 ± 11.7 years and 46.7 (IQR 42.4-51.9) kg/m2, respectively. Histories of emotional (EA), physical (PA) and sexual abuse (SA) and emotional (EN) and physical (PN) neglect were reported by 47.7%, 25.2%, 39.6%, 51.4% and 40.5%, respectively, with 78.4% reporting at least one form of maltreatment. Changes in weight and depressive symptoms were not different between patients with vs. without a history of maltreatment. However, those with vs. without SA demonstrated limited changes in emotional eating (EE) at 12 M, while those without showed improvements. Conversely, patients with vs. without EN showed greater improvements in external eating (ExE) at 6 M, but differences were no longer observed by 12 M. Results indicate that histories of SA and EN are associated with changes in eating behaviors post-BS and have implications for assessment, monitoring and potential intervention development.
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- Tair Ben-Porat
- Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, QC H4J 1C5, Canada
- Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, QC H4J 1C5, Canada
- Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, QC H4J 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, QC H4J 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 3P2, Canada
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- Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, QC H4J 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 3P2, Canada
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Berthelot N, Garon-Bissonnette J, Drouin-Maziade C, Bergeron V, Sériès T. STEP-COVID: a pilot study of a prenatal intervention for pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6466. [PMID: 37081093 PMCID: PMC10116444 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33369-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a global increase in psychological distress in pregnant women. This study evaluated the effects of STEP-COVID, a six-session mentalization-based prenatal group program offered online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 100 participants were allocated to STEP-COVID or to the natural trajectory of prenatal care. Pre- and post-intervention assessments included measures of psychological distress, post-traumatic symptoms and positive affectivity. Perception of change during pregnancy on resilience-promoting factors was also assessed at post-intervention. A significant decrease in psychological distress and post-traumatic symptoms and an increase in positive affectivity were observed in participants in the intervention condition, whereas only post-traumatic symptoms improved in the control condition. Women who participated in STEP-COVID also reported greater changes during pregnancy on resilience-promoting factors than women in the control condition. Results hold promise for buffering the effect of the pandemic on the mental health of pregnant women using brief online interventions. Clinical trial registration: NCT05419167 (15/06/2022).
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- Nicolas Berthelot
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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Moog NK, Cummings PD, Jackson KL, Aschner JL, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Blackwell CK, Bosquet Enlow M, Breton CV, Bush NR, Deoni SCL, Duarte CS, Ferrara A, Grant TL, Hipwell AE, Jones K, Leve LD, Lovinsky-Desir S, Miller RK, Monk C, Oken E, Posner J, Schmidt RJ, Wright RJ, Entringer S, Simhan HN, Wadhwa PD, O'Connor TG, Musci RJ, Buss C. Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Public Health 2023; 8:e226-e237. [PMID: 36841563 PMCID: PMC9982823 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00025-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment is associated with adverse health outcomes and this risk can be transmitted to the next generation. We aimed to investigate the association between exposure to maternal childhood maltreatment and common childhood physical and mental health problems, neurodevelopmental disorders, and related comorbidity patterns in offspring. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, which was launched to investigate the influence of early life exposures on child health and development in 69 cohorts across the USA. Eligible mother-child dyads were those with available data on maternal childhood maltreatment exposure and at least one child health outcome measure (autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], internalising problems, obesity, allergy, and asthma diagnoses). Maternal history of childhood maltreatment was obtained retrospectively from the Adverse Childhood Experiences or Life Stressor Checklist questionnaires. We derived the prevalence of the specified child health outcome measures in offspring across childhood and adolescence by harmonising caregiver reports and other relevant sources (such as medical records) across cohorts. Child internalising symptoms were assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist. Associations between maternal childhood maltreatment and childhood health outcomes were measured using a series of mixed-effects logistic regression models. Covariates included child sex (male or female), race, and ethnicity; maternal and paternal age; maternal education; combined annual household income; maternal diagnosis of depression, asthma, ADHD, allergy, or autism spectrum disorder; and maternal obesity. Two latent class analyses were conducted: to characterise patterns of comorbidity of child health outcomes; and to characterise patterns of co-occurrence of childhood maltreatment subtypes. We then investigated the association between latent class membership and maternal childhood maltreatment and child health outcomes, respectively. FINDINGS Our sample included 4337 mother-child dyads from 21 longitudinal cohorts (with data collection initiated between 1999 and 2016). Of 3954 mothers in the study, 1742 (44%) had experienced exposure to abuse or neglect during their childhood. After adjustment for confounding, mothers who experienced childhood maltreatment were more likely to have children with internalising problems in the clinical range (odds ratio [OR] 2·70 [95% CI 1·95-3·72], p<0·0001), autism spectrum disorder (1·70 [1·13-2·55], p=0·01), ADHD (2·09 [1·63-2·67], p<0·0001), and asthma (1·54 [1·34-1·77], p<0·0001). In female offspring, maternal childhood maltreatment was associated with a higher prevalence of obesity (1·69 [1·17-2·44], p=0·005). Children of mothers exposed to childhood maltreatment were more likely to exhibit a diagnostic pattern characterised by higher risk for multimorbidity. Exposure to multiple forms of maltreatment across all subtypes of maternal childhood maltreatment was associated with the highest risk increases for most offspring health outcomes, suggesting a dose-response relationship. INTERPRETATION Our findings suggest that maternal childhood maltreatment experiences can be a risk factor for disease susceptibility in offspring across a variety of outcomes and emphasise the need for policies focusing on breaking the intergenerational transmission of adversity. FUNDING Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.
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- Nora K Moog
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ, USA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Advanced Baby Imaging Lab, School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences and the MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Women's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
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Peverill M, Rosen ML, Lurie LA, Sambrook KA, Sheridan MA, McLaughlin KA. Childhood trauma and brain structure in children and adolescents. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2023; 59:101180. [PMID: 36563460 PMCID: PMC9800267 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The dimensional model of adversity proposes that experiences of threat and deprivation have distinct neurodevelopmental consequences. We examined these dimensions, separately and jointly, with brain structure in a sample of 149 youth aged 8-17-half recruited based on exposure to threat-related experiences. We predicted that greater threat would be uniquely associated with reduced cortical thickness and surface area in brain regions associated with salience processing including ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and insula, and that deprivation experiences would be uniquely associated with reductions in cortical thickness and surface area in frontoparietal areas associated with cognitive control. As predicted, greater threat was associated with thinner cortex in a network including areas involved in salience processing (anterior insula, vmPFC), and smaller amygdala volume (particularly in younger participants), after controlling for deprivation. Contrary to our hypotheses, threat was also associated with thinning in the frontoparietal control network. However, these associations were reduced following control for deprivation. No associations were found between deprivation and brain structure. This examination of deprivation and threat concurrently in the same sample provided further evidence that threat-related experiences influence the structure of the developing brain independent of deprivation.
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- Matthew Peverill
- University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry, 6001 Research Park Blvd., Madison, WI 53719, USA; Harvard University, Department of Psychology, William James Hall, 10th Floor, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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- Harvard University, Department of Psychology, William James Hall, 10th Floor, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Smith College, Program in Neuroscience, Clark Science Center, 44 College Ln, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, 235 E Cameron Ave., NC 27599, USA
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- Harvard University, Department of Psychology, William James Hall, 10th Floor, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, 235 E Cameron Ave., NC 27599, USA
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- Harvard University, Department of Psychology, William James Hall, 10th Floor, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Belfrage A, Mjølhus Njå AL, Lunde S, Årstad J. Traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms in substance use disorder: A comparison of recovered versus current users. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2023; 40:61-75. [PMID: 36793481 PMCID: PMC9893129 DOI: 10.1177/14550725221122222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of traumatic experiences and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in treatment-seeking individuals with ongoing substance use disorder (SUD) compared to individuals who have recovered from SUD. Methods: Patients with SUD recruited from the STAYER study (N = 114) underwent an examination of alcohol and drug use, childhood trauma, negative life events and PTSD symptomatology. In this study, only participants with 12-month concurrent polysubstance use was included. Using historical data from the STAYER study, alcohol and drug trajectories were dichotomised as (1) current SUD (current SUD) or (2) recovered from substance use disorder (recovered SUD). Crosstabs and chi-tests were used to measure differences between groups. Results: Childhood maltreatment, traumatic experiences later in life and symptoms of concurrent PTSD were highly prevalent in the study population. We found no significant difference between the current and recovered SUD groups. Recovered women reported a lower prevalence of physical neglect (p = 0.031), but a higher prevalence of multiple lifetime traumas (p = 0.019) compared to women with current SUD. Both women with current SUD and recovered women reported a significantly higher prevalence of sexual aggression than men (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). In addition, men who have recovered from SUD reported a lower prevalence of PTSD symptoms over cut-off 38 (p = 0.017), of re-experiencing (p = 0.036) and of avoidance (p = 0.015), compared to recovered women. Conclusion: Reported trauma did not differ between persons with current SUD and those who had recovered from SUD. Gender differences discovered in this study indicate the importance of developing individualised and gender-specific treatment models for comorbid PTSD/SUD.
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- Anna Belfrage
- Center for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Center for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Center for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Center for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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Kibitov AA, Merkulova TV, Mazo GE. [Polymorphisms of OPRM1, OPRK1, DCC genes and non-suicidal self-injuries in adults]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2023; 123:116-123. [PMID: 38147391 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2023123121116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of OPRM1 gene rs179971, OPRK1 gene rs6473797 and DCC gene rs8084280 polymorphisms with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) characteristics and motivations in adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS A pilot sample included 28 adult patients with history of NSSI (89.3% (n=25) women, median age (Q1-Q3) - 23 (21.25-25) years). Most patients (78.6%, n=20) had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. NSSI characteristics and motivations were assessed using the Inventory of Statements about Self-Injury (ISAS) scale. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was used to control for childhood trauma - one of the most important environmental factors associated with NSSI. The Baratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) were also used to assess impulsivity and aggression, respectively. RT-PCR was used for genotyping, a genetic effect was assessed using the dominant model. Mann-Whitney U-test, Pearson χ2-test and multiple linear regression were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Carriers of the minor G allele of OPRM1 gene rs1779971 had a higher level of aggression assessed by BPAQ (p=0.02). The minor C allele of OPRK1 gene rs6473797 was associated with an increase of the subjective importance of «Affect regulation» (B=2.23; CI 95% [0.39-4.06]; p=0.022) and «Anti-dissociation» (B=3.31; CI 95% [0.18-6.44]; p=0.039) motivations, whereas the minor T allele of DCC gene rs8084280, on the contrary, was associated with a decrease of the importance of «Affect regulation» (B=-1.74; CI 95% [-3.30 - -0.18]; p=0.032). Moreover, this effect was found after adjusting for diagnosis, sex, age, and the presence of childhood trauma. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first study on the association of genetic markers with NSSI motivations. The results of this pilot study demonstrate that OPRK1 and DCC gene polymorphisms can determine differences in motivations for self-harm, however, these results require confirmation in large samples.
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- A A Kibitov
- Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russia
- Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, St-Petersburg, Russia
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- Serbsky National Medical Research Centre on Psychiatry and Addictions, Moscow, Russia
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- Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, St-Petersburg, Russia
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Doba K, Saloppé X, Choukri F, Nandrino JL. Childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescents and young adults: The mediating role of mentalizing and emotion regulation strategies. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 132:105815. [PMID: 35914329 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Childhood trauma (physical, emotional, sexual abuse and/or physical and emotional neglect) represents a specific risk for developmental perturbations and long-term negative outcomes. Adolescents and young adults with childhood trauma have rarely experienced a single type of traumatic event but rather multiple traumatic experiences. However, studies on adolescent PTSD are sparse. This study examines the possible mediating role of mentalizing, cognitive and interpersonal emotion regulation strategies between multiple types of childhood trauma exposure and PTSD in adolescents and young adults. METHODS The sample consisted of 456 adolescents and young adults aged 15 and 25, recruited from four high schools and one university. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing childhood trauma, mentalizing, cognitive and interpersonal strategies of emotion regulation and PTSD. RESULTS Structural Equation Modeling revealed that multiple types of childhood trauma exposure have a significant indirect effect on PTSD symptoms through its association with hypomentalizing and maladaptive cognitive strategies of emotion regulation (i.e. self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing). Results also showed a significant indirect effect between multiple types of childhood trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms through its association with hypomentalizing and maladaptive interpersonal strategies of emotion regulation (i.e. emotional reactivity and tendency to avoid emotional connection). Indirect paths were also run in reverse to control for the direction of the effect. CONCLUSION Our findings show that exposure to multiple types of childhood trauma contributes to severe PTSD through several complex pathways including both hypomentalizing and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in adolescence and young adulthood.
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- Karyn Doba
- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193-SCALab, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France; Fondation Santé des Etudiants de France, Clinique FSEF Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193-SCALab, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193-SCALab, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193-SCALab, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France; Fondation Santé des Etudiants de France, Clinique FSEF Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Lower implicit self-esteem as a pathway linking childhood abuse to depression and suicidal ideation. Dev Psychopathol 2022; 34:1272-1286. [PMID: 33594963 PMCID: PMC9812227 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579420002217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Identifying the potential pathways linking childhood abuse to depression and suicidal ideation is critical for developing effective interventions. This study investigated implicit self-esteem-unconscious valenced self-evaluation-as a potential pathway linking childhood abuse with depression and suicidal ideation. A sample of youth aged 8-16 years (N = 240) completed a self-esteem Implicit Association Test (IAT) and assessments of abuse exposure, and psychopathology symptoms, including depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, and externalizing symptoms. Psychopathology symptoms were re-assessed 1-3 years later. Childhood abuse was positively associated with baseline and follow-up depression symptoms and suicidal ideation severity, and negatively associated with implicit self-esteem. Lower implicit self-esteem was associated with both depression and suicidal ideation assessed concurrently and predicted significant increases in depression and suicidal ideation over the longitudinal follow-up period. Lower implicit self-esteem was also associated with baseline anxiety, externalizing symptoms, and a general psychopathology factor (i.e. p-factor). We found an indirect effect of childhood abuse on baseline and follow-up depression symptoms and baseline suicidal ideation through implicit self-esteem. These findings point to implicit self-esteem as a potential mechanism linking childhood abuse to depression and suicidal ideation.
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Bendezú JJ, Handley ED, Manly JT, Toth SL, Cicchetti D. Psychobiological foundations of coping and emotion regulation: Links to maltreatment and depression in a racially diverse, economically disadvantaged sample of adolescent girls. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022; 143:105826. [PMID: 35700563 PMCID: PMC9357119 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adolescent risk for depression and passive or active suicidal ideation (PASI) involves disturbance across multiple systems (e.g., arousal regulatory, affective valence, neurocognitive). Exposure to maltreatment while growing up as a child or teenager may potentiate this risk by noxiously impacting these systems. However, research exploring how coordinated disturbance across these systems (i.e., profiles) might be uniquely linked to depressogenic function, and how past maltreatment contributes to such disturbance, is lacking. Utilizing a racially diverse, economically disadvantaged sample of adolescent girls, this person-centered study identified psychobiological profiles and linked them to maltreatment histories, as well as current depressive symptoms and PASI. Girls (N = 237, Mage=13.98, SD=0.85) who were non-depressed/non-maltreated (15.1%), depressed/non-maltreated (40.5%), or depressed/maltreated (44.4%) provided morning saliva samples, completed questionnaires, a clinical interview, and a neurocognitive battery. Latent profile analysis of girls' morning cortisol:C-reactive protein ratio, positive and negative affect levels, and attentional set-shifting ability revealed four profiles. Relative to Normative (66.6%), girls exhibiting a Pro-inflammatory Affective Disturbance (13.1%), Severe Affective Disturbance (10.1%), or Hypercortisol Affective Neurocognitive Disturbance (n = 24, 10.1%) profile reported exposure to a greater number of maltreatment subtypes while growing up. Girls exhibiting these dysregulated profiles were also more likely (relative to Normative) to report current depressive symptoms (all three profiles) and PASI (only Pro-inflammatory Affective Disturbance and Hypercortisol Affective Neurocognitive Disturbance). Of note, girls' cognitive reappraisal utilization moderated profile membership-depression linkages (depressive symptoms, but not PASI). A synthesis of the findings is presented alongside implications for person-centered tailoring of intervention efforts.
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- Jason José Bendezú
- The Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA.
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- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, USA
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- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, USA
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- The Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, USA
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The role of fearful attachment in depersonalization disorder. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & DISSOCIATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejtd.2022.100266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Childhood trauma, attachment orientation, and complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptoms in a clinical sample: Implications for treatment. Dev Psychopathol 2022; 34:1192-1197. [PMID: 33446294 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579420001509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although there has been significant work on the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attachment orientation, this is less the case for complex PTSD (CPTSD). The primary aim of this paper was to assess the strength of the association between the four adult attachment styles (i.e., secure, dismissing, preoccupied, and fearful) and severity of CPTSD symptoms (i.e., symptoms of PTSD and disturbances in self-organization [DSO]). We hypothesized that attachment orientation would be more strongly associated with DSO symptoms compared to PTSD symptoms. A trauma exposed clinical sample (N = 331) completed self-report measures of traumatic life events, CPTSD symptoms, and attachment orientation. It was found that secure attachment and fearful attachment were significantly associated with DSO symptoms but not with PTSD symptoms. Dismissing attachment style was significantly associated with PTSD and DSO symptoms. Preoccupied attachment was not significantly associated with CPTSD symptoms. Treatment implications for CPTSD using an attachment framework are discussed.
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Kors S, Kurdziel-Adams G, Towers C, Fortner K, Macfie J. Sexual Abuse as a Risk Factor for Opioid Misuse in Pregnancy. JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 2022; 31:538-549. [PMID: 35395922 DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2022.2056104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to identify a potential relationship between childhood sexual abuse and opioid misuse in pregnancy and to illustrate the need for better integration and collaboration between the medical and psychological disciplines to combat the opioid crisis. We sampled 93 pregnant women at a high-risk pregnancy clinic within a university medical center who were in their second trimester or beyond. Fifty-five women were considered high-risk due to opioid misuse and 38 women were considered high-risk due to medical reasons other than drug use. Our findings reveal both presence of and severity of sexual abuse were significantly associated with opioid misuse in pregnancy, while physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect were not. While childhood sexual abuse is a significant risk factor for opioid misuse in pregnancy, most doctors do not feel comfortable asking about trauma history. A public health approach to opioid misuse in pregnancy must consider how "diseases of despair" disproportionately impact women with limited access to adequate psychological and medical care. A preventative model of care, which targets screenings for ACEs in primary care and gynecological visits may help decrease the impact of sexual abuse.
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- Stephanie Kors
- Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Berthelot N, Savard C, Lemieux R, Garon-Bissonnette J, Ensink K, Godbout N. Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 128:105017. [PMID: 33692012 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The way people process trauma and adverse relationships may be more predictive of subsequent adaptation than trauma exposure in itself. However, there is currently no self-report instrument assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships. OBJECTIVE We developed the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire (FMTQ) and evaluated its psychometric properties. The FMTQ is a 29-item self-report instrument designed to assess different indications of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING A total of 975 participants (84 % women; 37 % exposed to child maltreatment) were recruited in the course of larger research protocols on parenting. METHODS Participants completed the FMTQ and measures of childhood maltreatment, psychopathology (post-traumatic stress symptoms, dissociative symptoms, level of personality dysfunction), general mentalization and intimate partner violence. RESULTS Exploratory factor analysis, supported by a confirmatory factor analysis, identified seven factors with good internal consistency that corresponded to different types of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships and that loaded on a general factor. A dose-effect association was observed between the severity of childhood maltreatment, and the severity of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships (rs = .49, p < .01). The FMTQ total score explained a significant proportion of variance in psychopathology and intimate partner violence, both in participants with histories of childhood maltreatment and participants without childhood maltreatment. CONCLUSION The FMTQ is a promising, concise and efficient measure of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships that may facilitate clinical screening and research with adults who experienced trauma.
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- Nicolas Berthelot
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada.
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- Department of Educational Fundamentals and Practices, Université Laval, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université Laval, Canada
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- Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada
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Garon-Bissonnette J, Duguay G, Lemieux R, Dubois-Comtois K, Berthelot N. Maternal childhood abuse and neglect predicts offspring development in early childhood: The roles of reflective functioning and child sex. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 128:105030. [PMID: 33752901 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that offspring of mothers having been exposed to childhood abuse and neglect (CA&N) are at increased risk of developmental problems and that boys are more affected by maternal CA&N than girls. Since impairments in reflective functioning (RF) have been associated with maternal CA&N and offspring development, RF could represent a key mechanism in these intergenerational risk trajectories. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated mediating (RF) and moderating (child sex) mechanisms in the association between maternal CA&N and child development. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING In a longitudinal setting, 111 mothers completed measures during pregnancy and between 11 and 36 months postpartum. METHODS CA&N and impairments in RF were assessed during pregnancy and offspring development was measured during the longitudinal follow-up using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3). Child development was operationalized in two ways: using the global score at the ASQ-3 and using a dichotomous score of accumulation of delays across domains of development. RESULTS Structural equation modeling indicated that RF mediated the association between maternal CA&N and offspring development. Child sex moderated the association between CA&N and the clustering of developmental problems (Wald = 5.88, p = 0.02), with boys being particularly likely to accumulate developmental delays when their mother experienced CA&N (RR = 2.62). Accumulation of developmental problems was associated with impairments in maternal RF in girls and with maternal exposure to CA&N in boys. CONCLUSIONS Results provide novel insights on the role of mentalization and child sex in the association between maternal CA&N and child development.
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- Julia Garon-Bissonnette
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada.
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Chen MA, Fagundes CP. Childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms during spousal bereavement. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 128:105618. [PMID: 35344805 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of depression, especially after experiencing a stressful life event, such as bereavement. Employing emotion regulation strategies can mitigate the impact childhood maltreatment has on depression later in life following the loss of a spouse. OBJECTIVE We evaluated how cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression moderated the impact of childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms following spousal bereavement. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING We examined 130 bereaved individuals 3 months after the death of a spouse, 4 months after the death of a spouse, and 6 months after the death of a spouse. METHODS We utilized a mixed model approach to test the interaction between childhood maltreatment and cognitive reappraisal and between childhood maltreatment and expressive suppression to predict depressive symptoms across 3 time points. RESULTS Cognitive reappraisal moderated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms (b = - 0.17,p = .003); expressive suppression did not (b = 0.06,p = .452). Participants who used less cognitive reappraisal had a positive relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms (b = 3.27,p < .001);participants who used more cognitive reappraisal did not (b = 1.09,p = .065). CONCLUSIONS Childhood maltreatment interacted with cognitive reappraisal, but not expressive suppression, to predict depressive symptoms following spousal bereavement. This study reveals how emotion regulation strategies can be utilized as a tool to buffer the impact of childhood maltreatment on mental health following a stressor later in life, which can serve as a target for future interventions for individuals experiencing a stressful life event.
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- Michelle A Chen
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Meneguzzo P, Mancini C, Terlizzi S, Sales C, Francesconi MF, Todisco P. Urinary free cortisol and childhood maltreatments in eating disorder patients: New evidence for an ecophenotype subgroup. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2022; 30:364-372. [PMID: 35274398 PMCID: PMC9314975 DOI: 10.1002/erv.2896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Introduction Increasing neurobiological evidence has suggested the presence of a specific ecophenotype in people with eating disorders (EDs) linked to early maltreatment. Urinary‐free cortisol could strengthen the data and show specific relationships between maltreated subtypes and the hormonal profiles of patients with EDs. This study aims to evaluate the presence of different urinary cortisol in drug‐free patients in the acute phase of the disorder and its relationship with childhood maltreatment. Methods A sample of 78 female patients with ED is included in the study. Childhood maltreatment history and 24‐h urinary free cortisol (24‐h UFC) are evaluated at a specialised ED ward admission. Results Patients with a maltreatment history show more blunted 24‐h UFC levels than peers without childhood maltreatment (p = 0.001). Regression analysis showed that child abuse is a predictor of the reduction of 24‐h UFC (p < 0.001), with physical abuse (p = 0.011) and sexual abuse (p = 0.050) that could have a more specific impact than other maltreatment subtypes. Discussion Childhood maltreatment should be evaluated in ED patients due to its biological impact on the hormonal stress axis, which could impair the ability of patients to respond to standardized ED treatment. Eating disorder patients with history of maltreatment showed a reduced 24‐h urinary free cortisol. New data support the evidence about the presence of an ecophenotype ED subgroup. Reduced 24‐h urinary free cortisol is significantly correlated with child abuses.
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- Paolo Meneguzzo
- Eating Disorders UnitCasa di Cura“Villa Margherita”, Arcugnano (VI)VicenzaItaly
- Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of Padovavia Giustiniani 2PadovaItaly
- Padova Neuroscience CenterUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Experimental Medicine DepartmentFood Science and Human Nutrition Research UnitSapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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- Eating Disorders UnitCasa di Cura“Villa Margherita”, Arcugnano (VI)VicenzaItaly
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- Eating Disorders UnitCasa di Cura“Villa Margherita”, Arcugnano (VI)VicenzaItaly
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- Eating Disorders UnitCasa di Cura“Villa Margherita”, Arcugnano (VI)VicenzaItaly
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Londono Tobon A, Condon E, Sadler LS, Holland ML, Mayes LC, Slade A. School age effects of Minding the Baby-An attachment-based home-visiting intervention-On parenting and child behaviors. Dev Psychopathol 2022; 34:55-67. [PMID: 32907642 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579420000905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Multiple interventions have been developed to improve the caregiver-child relationship as a buffer to the effects of early life adversity and toxic stress. However, relatively few studies have evaluated the long-term effects of these early childhood interventions, particularly on parenting and childhood behaviors. Here we describe the early school-age follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial of Minding the Baby ® (MTB), a reflective, attachment-based, trauma-informed, preventive home-visiting intervention for first-time mothers and their infants. Results indicate that mothers who participated in MTB are less likely to show impaired mentalizing compared to control mothers two to eight years after the intervention ended. Additionally, MTB mothers have lower levels of hostile and coercive parenting, and their children have lower total and externalizing problem behavior scores when compared to controls at follow-up. We discuss our findings in terms of their contribution to understanding the long-term parenting and childhood socio-emotional developmental effects of early preventive interventions for stressed populations.
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA
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Garon-Bissonnette J, Bolduc MÈG, Lemieux R, Berthelot N. Cumulative childhood trauma and complex psychiatric symptoms in pregnant women and expecting men. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022; 22:10. [PMID: 34983417 PMCID: PMC8725451 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04327-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Women and men having been exposed to childhood trauma would be at high risk of various mental health symptoms while awaiting a child. This study aimed to evaluate the association between cumulative childhood trauma and the accumulation of symptoms belonging to different psychiatric problems in pregnant women and expecting men. METHODS We first examined prevalence rates of childhood trauma across our samples of 2853 pregnant women and 561 expecting men from the community. Second, we evaluated the association between cumulative childhood trauma and symptom complexity (i.e., the simultaneous presentation of symptoms belonging to multiple psychiatric problems) using subsamples of 1779 pregnant women and 118 expecting men. Participants completed self-reported measures of trauma (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) and psychiatric symptoms (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5; Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2; Self and Interpersonal Functioning Scale). RESULTS Trauma was more frequent in pregnant women than in expecting men and in participants reporting sociodemographic risk factors than in those not reporting any. A dose-response relationship was observed between the number of different traumas reported by pregnant women and expecting men and the complexity of their psychiatric symptoms, even when controlling for the variance explained by other risk factors. Women having been exposed to cumulative childhood trauma were 4.95 times more at risk of presenting comorbid psychiatric problems during pregnancy than non-exposed women. CONCLUSIONS Childhood trauma is frequent in the general population of pregnant women and expecting men and is associated with symptom complexity during the antenatal period. These findings call for delivering and evaluating innovative trauma-informed antenatal programs to support mental health and adaptation to parenthood in adults having been exposed to childhood trauma.
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- Julia Garon-Bissonnette
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Québec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Québec, Canada
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Québec, Canada
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, PO Box 500, Québec, Canada
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Québec, Canada.
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada.
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Québec, Canada.
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Québec, Canada.
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, PO Box 500, Québec, Canada.
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Chen MA, Brown RL, Chen JY, de Dios MA, Green CE, Heijnen CJ, Fagundes CP. Childhood maltreatment, subjective social status, and health disparities in bereavement. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022; 135:105595. [PMID: 34837775 PMCID: PMC8702370 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Spousal bereavement can lead to adverse health outcomes; however, not all widow(er)s experience the same degree of health problems. Thus, it is important to understand the contribution of disparities (e.g., childhood maltreatment and subjective social status) that may underlie adverse health outcomes that arise following bereavement. METHODS We collected data from 130 spousally bereaved individuals at 3-time points (3 months post-loss, 4 months post-loss, and 6 months post-loss). Using mixed models, we assessed the interaction of childhood maltreatment, subjective social status, and time to predict changes in proinflammatory cytokine production, depressive symptoms, grief symptoms. RESULTS We found a significant interaction between childhood maltreatment, subjective social status, and time predicting proinflammatory cytokine production (beta > -0.01, p = 0.048), depressive symptoms (beta = 0.008, p = .010), and grief symptoms (beta = 0.001 p = .001). CONCLUSION This study highlights the role of disparities related to childhood maltreatment and subjective social status on adverse health outcomes following spousal bereavement.
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- Michelle A. Chen
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, USA,School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA,Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcome Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA,Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Simon MS, Schiweck C, Arteaga-Henríquez G, Poletti S, Haarman BCM, Dik WA, Schwarz M, Vrieze E, Mikova O, Joergens S, Musil R, Claes S, Baune BT, Leboyer M, Benedetti F, Furlan R, Berghmans R, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs A, Arolt V, Müller N, Drexhage HA. Monocyte mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammaging, and inflammatory pyroptosis in major depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 111:110391. [PMID: 34171401 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The macrophage theory of depression states that macrophages play an important role in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). METHODS MDD patients (N = 140) and healthy controls (N = 120) participated in a cross-sectional study investigating the expression of apoptosis/growth and lipid/cholesterol pathway genes (BAX, BCL10, EGR1, EGR2, HB-EGF, NR1H3, ABCA1, ABCG1, MVK, CD163, HMOX1) in monocytes (macrophage/microglia precursors). Gene expressions were correlated to a set of previously determined and reported inflammation-regulating genes and analyzed with respect to various clinical parameters. RESULTS MDD monocytes showed an overexpression of the apoptosis/growth/cholesterol and the TNF genes forming an inter-correlating gene cluster (cluster 3) separate from the previously described inflammation-related gene clusters (containing IL1 and IL6). While upregulation of monocyte gene cluster 3 was a hallmark of monocytes of all MDD patients, upregulation of the inflammation-related clusters was confirmed to be found only in the monocytes of patients with childhood adversity. The latter group also showed a downregulation of the cholesterol metabolism gene MVK, which is known to play an important role in trained immunity and proneness to inflammation. CONCLUSIONS The upregulation of cluster 3 genes in monocytes of all MDD patients suggests a premature aging of the cells, i.e. mitochondrial apoptotic dysfunction and TNF "inflammaging", as a general feature of MDD. The overexpression of the IL-1/IL-6 containing inflammation clusters and the downregulation of MVK in monocytes of patients with childhood adversity indicates a shift in this condition to a more severe inflammation form (pyroptosis) of the cells, additional to the signs of premature aging and inflammaging.
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- Maria S Simon
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, KUL University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, KUL University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Foundation Biological Psychiatry, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Mental Health, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry Research Group, KUL University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Mental Health, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Université Paris Est Créteil, INSERM, IMRB, Translational Neuropsychiatry, F-94010, Créteil, France; AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires H. Mondor, DMU IMPACT, FHU ADAPT, F-94010, Créteil, France
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- Division of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Advanced Practical Diagnostics BVBA, Turnhout 2300, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands; RMS, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Mental Health, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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Blair KS, Aloi J, Bashford-Largo J, Zhang R, Elowsky J, Lukoff J, Vogel S, Carollo E, Schwartz A, Pope K, Bajaj S, Tottenham N, Dobbertin M, Blair RJ. Different forms of childhood maltreatment have different impacts on the neural systems involved in the representation of reinforcement value. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2021; 53:101051. [PMID: 34953316 PMCID: PMC8714998 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background The current study aimed to address two gaps in the literature on child maltreatment, reinforcement processing and psychopathology. First, the extent to which compromised reinforcement processing might be particularly associated with either neglect or abuse. Second, the extent to which maltreatment-related compromised reinforcement processing might be associated with particular symptom sets (depression, conduct problems, anxiety) or symptomatology more generally. Methods A sample of adolescents (N = 142) aged between 14 and 18 years with varying levels of prior maltreatment participated in this fMRI study. They were scanned while performing a passive avoidance learning task, where the participant learns to respond to stimuli that engender reward and avoid responding to stimuli that engender punishment. Maltreatment (abuse and neglect) levels were assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Results We found that: (i) level of neglect, but not abuse, was negatively associated with differential BOLD responses to reward-punishment within the striatum and medial frontal cortex; and (ii) differential reward-punishment responses within these neglect-associated regions were particularly negatively associated with level of conduct problems. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate the adverse neurodevelopmental impact of childhood maltreatment, particularly neglect, on reinforcement processing. Moreover, they suggest a neurodevelopmental route by which neglect might increase the risk for conduct problems.
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- Karina S Blair
- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA.
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA
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Semsar N, Mousavi Z, Tran MLM, Kuhlman KR. Dysregulated arousal as a pathway linking childhood neglect and clinical sleep disturbances in adulthood. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2021; 122:105306. [PMID: 34507018 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND A history of childhood maltreatment has a well-established association with clinical sleep disturbances in adulthood, which is a transdiagnostic contributor to many chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE Determine whether actigraphy-measured indices of dysregulated arousal during sleep explain associations between abuse or neglect in childhood and clinical sleep disturbances in adulthood. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Participants were 646 individuals, ages 25-83 (59.3% female) from the MIDUS II Biomarker, Refresher studies. METHODS Participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, wore an actigraph for seven days, and rated sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). RESULTS Both neglect (b = 0.66, SE = 0.33, p = .04) and abuse (b = 1.09, SE = 0.32, p < .001) were associated with clinical sleep disturbance. Actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency mediated the link between neglect and clinical sleep disturbances (ab = 0.33, SE = 0.12, 95%CI [0.12, 0.57]). However, no such link between abuse and clinical sleep disturbances was mediated by actigraphy-measured indices. Sleep onset latency did not mediate the link between neglect or abuse and sleep disturbance. Models covaried for other maltreatment, gender, and age. CONCLUSIONS While the unique associations between abuse or neglect and clinical sleep disturbances were robust in this sample, only sleep efficiency emerged as a mediator linking maltreatment and clinical sleep disturbances. Critically, this mediation was specific to neglect. Abuse and neglect may lead to disease through distinct pathways. Moreover, potential dysregulation in arousal that leads to sleep inefficiency may be a specific pathway through which experiences of neglect in childhood contribute to chronic disease.
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- Neda Semsar
- Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA; Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA.
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Pan Y, Lin X, Liu J, Zhang S, Zeng X, Chen F, Wu J. Prevalence of Childhood Sexual Abuse Among Women Using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: A Worldwide Meta-Analysis. TRAUMA, VIOLENCE & ABUSE 2021; 22:1181-1191. [PMID: 32207395 DOI: 10.1177/1524838020912867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a common form of childhood maltreatment. Several studies have shown that CSA adversely affects the physical and mental health. Numerous studies have evaluated the prevalence of CSA among females using various instruments. In this meta-analysis, we estimated the rate of CSA among women using the short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire for the first time. Four databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase) were systematically searched for studies published as of April 2, 2018. Forty-eight articles (53 groups of samples) covering 22,224 individuals, including women, from 16 countries were selected. Using the random-effects model, the pooled overall rate of CSA was 24% (95% confidence interval [21%, 27%]). On subgroup analyses, the rate of female CSA in people with mental illness was higher than that in the general group; this result showed variability among different geographical regions.
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- Yuli Pan
- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
- * Authors have contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
- * Authors have contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, School of Mental Health, Shenzhen University, China
- * Authors have contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Berthelot N, Drouin-Maziade C, Garon-Bissonnette J, Lemieux R, Sériès T, Lacharité C. Evaluation of the Acceptability of a Prenatal Program for Women With Histories of Childhood Trauma: The Program STEP. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:772706. [PMID: 34803778 PMCID: PMC8600135 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.772706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background: Childhood trauma would negatively affect pregnant women's mental health and would have intergenerational repercussions. However, there is a paucity of prenatal interventions specifically designed for women exposed to childhood trauma. The study aims to evaluate the acceptability of STEP, a manualized group intervention designed for pregnant women having experienced early life adversity. Methods: The acceptability of STEP was assessed in four phases. In Phase 1, six experts evaluated whether the program activities were pertinent and trauma sensitive. In Phase 2, three parents read the intervention manuals and evaluated whether they considered each session relevant, interesting, and clear. In Phase 3, the program was briefly presented by phone to 309 pregnant women from the community. Women were inquired about their interest in the program, and the reasons for their lack of interest were assessed. In Phase 4, 30 pregnant women exposed to childhood trauma participated in the program and completed anonymous satisfaction questionnaires after each session. Psychological distress was also measured before and after the program. Results: All activities were rated by independent experts as highly pertinent, adequate, and sufficiently safe to be offered to pregnant women. Parents who read through the intervention manuals also considered that the sessions were relevant, clear, and interesting. About half of the pregnant women from the community showed interest in the program. Participants reported very high levels of satisfaction and a significant decrease in psychological distress during the program. Conclusions: Our findings show a high level of convergence among various indicators of program acceptability.
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- Nicolas Berthelot
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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Kuhlman KR, Abelson JL, Mayer SE, Rajaram N, Briggs H, Young E. Childhood maltreatment and within-person associations between cortisol and affective experience. Stress 2021; 24:822-832. [PMID: 34060408 PMCID: PMC8668388 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2021.1928069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids exert profound effects on the brain and behavior, but cortisol concentrations are rarely linked to subjectively reported emotional states in humans. This study examined whether the link between cortisol and subjective anxiety varied by childhood maltreatment history. To do this, 97 individuals (60.8% female) participated in a standardized stress task in the laboratory (Trier Social Stress Test, TSST) while providing serial ratings of their feelings of anxiety as well as cortisol samples in blood. These measurements were collected nine times across the laboratory visit, from immediately before the TSST to 65 minutes after stress initiation. We estimated the within-person association between cortisol concentrations and momentary feelings of anxiety for individuals with and without exposure to childhood maltreatment, measured via self-report on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Individuals exposed to maltreatment during childhood reported the greatest feelings of anxiety when cortisol concentrations were lowest. This pattern was exaggerated among female participants, those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and those exposed to emotional neglect relative to other forms of maltreatment. Early life adversity, such as parental maltreatment, may alter the role of cortisol in affective experiences. This observation may provide preliminary, translational evidence of a novel pathway through which stress may lead to and maintain internalizing symptoms in humans. More studies accounting for the moderating role of childhood maltreatment in biobehavioral pathways are needed.
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- Kate Ryan Kuhlman
- Department of Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience, School of Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- College of Medicine, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Examination of the association between exposure to childhood maltreatment and brain structure in young adults: a machine learning analysis. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1888-1894. [PMID: 33637836 PMCID: PMC8429761 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-00987-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Exposure to maltreatment during childhood is associated with structural changes throughout the brain. However, the structural differences that are most strongly associated with maltreatment remain unclear given the limited number of whole-brain studies. The present study used machine learning to identify if and how brain structure distinguished young adults with and without a history of maltreatment. Young adults (ages 18-21, n = 384) completed an assessment of childhood trauma exposure and a structural MRI as part of the IMAGEN study. Elastic net regularized regression was used to identify the structural features that identified those with a history of maltreatment. A generalizable model that included 7 cortical thicknesses, 15 surface areas, and 5 subcortical volumes was identified (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve = 0.71, p < 0.001). Those with a maltreatment history had reduced surface areas and cortical thicknesses primarily in fronto-temporal regions. This group also had larger cortical thicknesses in occipital regions and surface areas in frontal regions. The results suggest childhood maltreatment is associated with multiple measures of structure throughout the brain. The use of a large sample without exposure to adulthood trauma provides further evidence for the unique contribution of childhood trauma to brain structure. The identified regions overlapped with regions associated with psychopathology in adults with maltreatment histories, which offers insights as to how these disorders manifest.
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Susman ES, Weissman DG, Sheridan MA, McLaughlin KA. High vagal tone and rapid extinction learning as potential transdiagnostic protective factors following childhood violence exposure. Dev Psychobiol 2021; 63:e22176. [PMID: 34423415 PMCID: PMC8410650 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Childhood exposure to violence is strongly associated with psychopathology. High resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is associated with lower levels of psychopathology in children exposed to violence. High RSA may help to protect against psychopathology by facilitating fear extinction learning, allowing more flexible autonomic responses to learned threat and safety cues. In this study, 165 youth (79 female, aged 9-17; 86 exposed to violence) completed assessments of violence exposure, RSA, and psychopathology, and a fear extinction learning task; 134 participants returned and completed psychopathology assessments 2 years later. Resting RSA moderated the longitudinal association of violence exposure with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and externalizing psychopathology, such that the association was weaker among youths with higher RSA. Higher skin conductance responses (SCR) during extinction learning to the threat cue (CS+) was associated with higher internalizing symptoms at follow-up and greater SCR to the safety cue (CS-) was associated with higher PTSD, internalizing, and externalizing symptoms, as well as the p-factor, controlling for baseline symptoms. Findings suggest that higher RSA may protect against emergence of psychopathology among children exposed to violence. Moreover, difficulty extinguishing learned threat responses and elevated autonomic responses to safety cues may be associated with risk for future psychopathology.
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- Eli S. Susman
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Heleniak C, Bolden CR, McCabe CJ, Lambert HK, Rosen ML, King KM, Monahan KC, McLaughlin KA. Distress Tolerance as a Mechanism Linking Violence Exposure to Problematic Alcohol use in Adolescence. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2021; 49:1211-1225. [PMID: 33786696 PMCID: PMC8324573 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00805-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adolescents exposed to violence are at elevated risk of developing most forms of psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. Prior research has identified emotional reactivity and difficulties with emotion regulation as core mechanisms linking violence exposure with psychopathology. Scant research has examined behavioral responses to distress as a mechanism in this association. This study examined the association of violence exposure with distress tolerance-the ability to persist in the face of distress-and whether lower distress tolerance linked violence exposure with subsequent increases in depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse problems during adolescence. Data were collected prospectively in a sample of 287 adolescents aged 16-17 (44.3% male; 40.8% White). At Time 1, participants provided self-report of demographics, violence exposure, and psychopathology, and completed a behavioral measure of distress tolerance, the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task. Four months later, participants (n = 237) repeated the psychopathology assessments. Violence exposure was associated with lower distress tolerance (β = -.21 p = .009), and elevated concurrent psychopathology (β = .16-.45, p = .001-.004). Low distress tolerance was prospectively associated with greater likelihood of abusing alcohol over time (OR = .63, p = .021), and mediated the association between violence exposure and greater levels (β = .02, 95% CI [.001, .063]) and likelihood (OR = .03, 95% CI [.006, .065]) of alcohol use over time. In contrast, low distress tolerance was not associated concurrently or prospectively with internalizing symptoms. Results persisted after controlling for socio-economic status. Findings suggest that distress tolerance is shaped by early experiences of threat and plays a role in the association between violence exposure and development of problematic alcohol use in adolescence.
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- Charlotte Heleniak
- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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- School of Psychology, Family, and Community, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Guthrie Hall (GTH), Seattle, WA, 119A 98195-1525, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Guthrie Hall (GTH), Seattle, WA, 119A 98195-1525, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Guthrie Hall (GTH), Seattle, WA, 119A 98195-1525, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Guthrie Hall (GTH), Seattle, WA, 119A 98195-1525, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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Jenness JL, Peverill M, Miller AB, Heleniak C, Robertson MM, Sambrook KA, Sheridan MA, McLaughlin KA. Alterations in neural circuits underlying emotion regulation following child maltreatment: a mechanism underlying trauma-related psychopathology. Psychol Med 2021; 51:1880-1889. [PMID: 32252835 PMCID: PMC7541399 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720000641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Disruptions in neural circuits underlying emotion regulation (ER) may be a mechanism linking child maltreatment with psychopathology. We examined the associations of maltreatment with neural responses during passive viewing of negative emotional stimuli and attempts to modulate emotional responses. We investigated whether the influence of maltreatment on neural activation during ER differed across development and whether alterations in brain function mediated the association between maltreatment and a latent general psychopathology ('p') factor. METHODS Youth aged 8-16 years with (n = 79) and without (n = 72) exposure to maltreatment completed an ER task assessing neural responses during passive viewing of negative and neutral images and effortful attempts to regulate emotional responses to negative stimuli. P-factor scores were defined by a bi-factor model encompassing internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. RESULTS Maltreated youth had greater activation in left amygdala and salience processing regions and reduced activation in multiple regions involved in cognitive control (bilateral superior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex) when viewing negative v. neutral images than youth without maltreatment exposure. Reduced neural recruitment in cognitive control regions mediated the association of maltreatment with p-factor in whole-brain analysis. Maltreated youth exhibited increasing recruitment with age in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex during reappraisal while control participants exhibited decreasing recruitment with age. Findings were similar after adjusting for co-occurring neglect. CONCLUSIONS Child maltreatment influences the development of regions associated with salience processing and cognitive control during ER in ways that contribute to psychopathology.
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- Jessica L Jenness
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Guyon-Harris KL, Bogen DL, Huth-Bocks AC. Maternal Psychological Well-Being and Infant Emergency Department Utilization. Acad Pediatr 2021; 21:885-891. [PMID: 33548524 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND A mother's psychological well-being impacts her own and her infant's health. Challenges to maternal psychological well-being (eg, depression, anxiety) are associated with increased infant emergency department (ED) utilization. It is not known if other maternal psychological factors, such as relational health and past maltreatment during one's own childhood, are also associated with child ED utilization. OBJECTIVE Examine maternal psychological factors (ie, childhood maltreatment, mental health, and relational health) associated with infant ED utilization in the first year of life. DESIGN/METHODS Participants included 120 economically disadvantaged women recruited into a prospective longitudinal study during pregnancy and followed across the first year of their child's life. Mothers reported number of infant ED visits from birth to 1 year (assessed 12-months postpartum), as well as on their own childhood maltreatment, relational health, and mental health (assessed prenatally). Associations between maternal experiences and infant ED utilization were assessed via bivariate correlations and regression analyses. RESULTS Infants attended on average 0.79 ED visits (range 0-6). Maltreatment during the mother's own childhood, poor relational health, and prenatal mental health symptoms were each associated with greater infant ED visits; maternal age, income, and education were not. In a Poisson regression, childhood sexual abuse was the strongest predictor of infant ED utilization, followed by low acceptance from the mother's father figure and prenatal depression. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal assessment of psychosocial factors may help identify risk for higher ED use. Women with psychosocial risk factors may need additional support establishing supportive primary and behavioral health care before and after birth.
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- Katherine L Guyon-Harris
- Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (KL Guyon-Harris), Pittsburgh, Pa.
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- Allegheny County Health Department (DL Bogen), Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics & Psychology, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (AC Huth-Bocks), Cleveland, Ohio
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O'Brien B, Lijffijt M, Lee J, Kim YS, Wells A, Murphy N, Ramakrishnan N, Swann AC, Mathew SJ. Distinct trajectories of antidepressant response to intravenous ketamine. J Affect Disord 2021; 286:320-329. [PMID: 33770540 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine is potentially effective in treatment resistant depression. However, its antidepressant efficacy is highly variable, and there is little information about predictors of response. METHODS We employed growth mixture modeling (GMM) analysis to examine specific response trajectories to intravenous (IV) ketamine (three infusions; mean dose 0.63 mg/kg, SD 0.28, range 0.30 - 2.98 mg/kg over 40 min) in 328 depressed adult outpatients referred to a community clinic. The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR) assessed depression severity at baseline and before each infusion, up to three infusions for four total observations. RESULTS GMM revealed three QIDS-SR response trajectories. There were two groups of severely depressed patients, with contrasting responses to ketamine. One group (n=135, baseline QIDS-SR=18.8) had a robust antidepressant response (final QIDS-SR=7.3); the other group (n=97, QIDS-SR=19.8) was less responsive (final QIDS-SR=15.6). A third group (n=96) was less severely depressed at baseline (QIDS-SR=11.7), with intermediate antidepressant response (final QIDS-SR=6.6). Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics between groups with severe baseline depression revealed higher childhood physical abuse in the group with robust ketamine response (p=0.01). LIMITATIONS This was a retrospective analysis on a naturalistic sample. Patients were unblinded and more heterogenous than those included in most controlled clinical trial samples. Information pertaining to traumatic events occurring after childhood and pre-existing or concurrent medical conditions that may have affected outcomes was not available. CONCLUSIONS Overall, ketamine's effect in patients with severe baseline depression and history of childhood maltreatment may be consistent with ketamine-induced blockade of behavioral sensitization.
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- Brittany O'Brien
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcomb Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. brittany.o'
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcomb Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Texas Tech University, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA; The Menninger Clinic, 12301 S Main Street, Houston, TX, 77035, USA
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- Texas Tech University, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Lone Star Infusion, PLLC, 14740 Barryknoll Lane, Houston, TX, 77079, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; The Menninger Clinic, 12301 S Main Street, Houston, TX, 77035, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcomb Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcomb Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; The Menninger Clinic, 12301 S Main Street, Houston, TX, 77035, USA
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Bower JE, Ganz PA, Irwin M, Cole SW, Garet D, Petersen L, Asher A, Hurvitz SA, Crespi CM. Do all patients with cancer experience fatigue? A longitudinal study of fatigue trajectories in women with breast cancer. Cancer 2021; 127:1334-1344. [PMID: 33606273 PMCID: PMC8562726 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fatigue is a common and expected side effect of cancer treatment. However, the majority of studies to date have focused on average levels of fatigue, which may obscure important individual differences in the severity and course of fatigue over time. The current study was designed to identify distinct trajectories of fatigue from diagnosis into survivorship in a longitudinal study of women with early-stage breast cancer. METHODS Women with stage 0 to stage IIIA breast cancer (270 women) were recruited before (neo)adjuvant therapy with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or endocrine therapy and completed assessments at baseline; posttreatment; and at 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months of follow-up. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify trajectories of fatigue, and differences among the trajectory groups with regard to demographic, medical, and psychosocial variables were examined. RESULTS Five distinct trajectories of fatigue were identified: Stable Low (66%), with low levels of fatigue across assessments; Stable High (13%), with high fatigue across assessments; Decreasing (4%), with high fatigue at baseline that resolved over time; Increasing (9%), with low fatigue at baseline that increased over time; and Reactive (8%), with increased fatigue after treatment that resolved over time. Both psychological and treatment-related factors were found to be associated with fatigue trajectories, with psychological factors most strongly linked to high fatigue at the beginning of and over the course of treatment. CONCLUSIONS There is considerable variability in the experience of fatigue among women with early-stage breast cancer. Although the majority of women report relatively low fatigue, those with a history of depression and elevated psychological distress may be at risk of more severe and persistent fatigue.
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- Julienne E. Bower
- UCLA Department of Psychology
- UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health
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- UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
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- UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
- UCLA Department of Medicine
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- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCLA Department of Medicine
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Dong C, Xu R, Xu L. Relationship of childhood trauma, psychological resilience, and family resilience among undergraduate nursing students: A cross-sectional study. Perspect Psychiatr Care 2021; 57:852-859. [PMID: 32959906 DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To analyze how family resilience mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and psychological resilience in undergraduate nursing students. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey design was used to investigate 698 nursing undergraduate students (mean age: 18.77 ± 0.86 years) using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Family Resilience Assessment Scale, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The mediating effect of family resilience was estimated using structural equation modeling and the bootstrap method. FINDINGS Both childhood trauma and family resilience were associated with psychological resilience. Family resilience showed a partial mediating effect between childhood trauma and psychological resilience, accounting for 21.5% of the total effect. PRACTICE IMPLICATION Our findings may help inform family interventions to improve the psychological resilience of nursing students, especially for those with childhood trauma experience.
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- Chaoqun Dong
- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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