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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lutz PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5293537 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuroscience 20130808
Childhood maltreatment (CM) has estimated prevalence among Western societies between 10% and 15%. As CM associates with increased risk of several psychiatric disorders, early age of illness onset, increased comorbidity and negative clinical outcome, it imposes a major public health, social and economic impact. Although the clinical consequences of CM are well characterized, a major challenge remains to understand how negative early-life events can affect brain function over extended periods of t ...[more]