Citation
McLaughlin, Katie A.; Sheridan, Margaret A.; & Nelson, Charles A., III (2013). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Brain Development: Neurobiological Mechanisms Linking the Social Environment to Psychiatric Disorders.. Koenen, Karestan C.; Rudenstine, Sasha; Susser, Ezra; & Galea, Sandro (Eds.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.Abstract
Adverse childhood experiences are robust determinants of psychiatric disorders with effects that persist across the life course. This chapter argues that childhood social and environmental experience weaves its way into the developing brain and exerts powerful effects on neural structure and function throughout childhood and into adulthood. These experiences ultimately have relevance for understanding population-level patterns of mental illness. Evidence linking adverse childhood experiences to patterns of brain development is reviewed, focusing on the role that disruptions in neurodevelopment play as a mechanism linking childhood social and environmental experience to the onset of mental disorders. Specifically addressed are the impact of maltreatment, institutional rearing, and childhood socio-economic status on brain development.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199657018.001.0001Reference Type
Book SectionYear Published
2013Author(s)
McLaughlin, Katie A.Sheridan, Margaret A.
Nelson, Charles A., III