An extensive literature on childhood adversity and neurodevelopment has emerged over the
past decade. We evaluate two conceptual models of adversity and neurodevelopment—the …

A growing body of research has examined the impact of childhood adversity on neural
structure and function. Advances in our understanding of the neurodevelopmental …

Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

Objective The dimensional model of adversity and psychopathology hypothesizes
deprivation and threat impact distinct neurobiological pathways, such as brain structure. This …

A review of the human developmental neuroimaging literature that investigates outcomes
following exposure to psychosocial adversity is presented with a focus on two subcortical …

Background Studies of psychiatric populations have reported associations between
childhood adversity and volumes of stress-related brain structures. This meta-analysis …

It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

Background Childhood adversity has been previously associated with alterations in brain
structure, but heterogeneous designs, methods, and measures have contributed to mixed …

There has been a shift in the study of childhood adversity towards a focus on dimensions of
adversity as opposed to a focus on cumulative risk or specific adversities. The Dimensional …

Background Childhood adversity is, unfortunately, highly prevalent and strongly associated
with later psychopathology. Recent theories posit that two dimensions of early adversity …