Biological psychiatry
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Biological psychiatry · Dec 2002
Comparative StudyBrain structures in pediatric maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a sociodemographically matched study.
Previous investigations suggest that maltreated children evidence alterations of chemical mediators of stress and adverse brain development. Previous anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain studies have not controlled for socioeconomic status. ⋯ These data provide further evidence to suggest that maltreatment-related PTSD is associated with adverse brain development. These data also suggest that male children may be more vulnerable to these effects.