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Child maltreatment and HPA axis dysregulation

Both MDD and PTSD are associated with a dysregulation of the
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis. Highlights the relevance
of early stress to later onset of psychiatric disorders.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15471614
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PTSD in Children and Adolescents
by Spencer Eth

Review of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in children and adolescents
including evaluation, assessment methods and child trauma in relation
to adult PTSD.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585620262/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Child maltreatment and HPA axis dysregulation
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15471614

Association of genetic risks for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
with specific and generic brain structural endophenotypes.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15466670

Early life stress and PTSD symptoms in patients with comorbid
schizophrenia and substance abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469190

The personal impact of schizophrenia in Europe.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469185

The structure of obsessionality among young adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15468097

Familiarity with mental illness and social distance from people with
schizophrenia and major depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469191

Social acknowledgment as a victim or survivor
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15462543

Clinical features related to age at onset in bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15465573

Reduced area of the corpus callosum in PTSD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15465292

A mediational model of PTSD in World War II veterans exposed to
mustard gas.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15462537

Anxiety sensitivity
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15471381

Trauma exposure and PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15466836

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