Adverse childhood experiences, allostasis, allostatic load, and age-related disease

A Danese, BS McEwen - Physiology & behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
How do adverse childhood experiences get 'under the skin'and influence health outcomes
through the life-course? Research reviewed here suggests that adverse childhood …

Current research trends in early life stress and depression: Review of human studies on sensitive periods, gene–environment interactions, and epigenetics

C Heim, EB Binder - Experimental neurology, 2012 - Elsevier
Early life stress, such as childhood abuse, neglect and loss, is a well established major risk
factor for developing depressive disorders later in life. We here summarize and discuss …

Childhood maltreatment predicts unfavorable course of illness and treatment outcome in depression: a meta-analysis

V Nanni, R Uher, A Danese - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2012 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objectives: Evidence suggests that childhood maltreatment may negatively affect not only
the lifetime risk of depression but also clinically relevant measures of depression, such as …

Childhood adversity and immune and inflammatory biomarkers associated with cardiovascular risk in youth: a systematic review

N Slopen, KC Koenen, LD Kubzansky - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that adverse experiences in childhood affect the
development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and immune and inflammation dysregulation …

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with migraine and vascular biomarkers

GE Tietjen, J Khubchandani… - … : The Journal of Head …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives.—Migraine is a risk factor for stroke in young women. Biomarker studies implicate
endothelial activation as a possible mechanism. Emerging relationships of childhood …

Parenting quality and children's mental health: biological mechanisms and psychological interventions

S Scott - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Parenting quality and children's mental health: biological m... : Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Parenting quality and children's mental health: biological mechanisms and psychological …

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Finnish men and women separated temporarily from their parents in childhood—a life course study

H Alastalo, K Räikkönen, AK Pesonen… - Psychosomatic …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective Early-life stress may influence health later in life. We examined morbidity and
mortality from cardiovascular disease over 60 years in individuals separated temporarily …

Increased number of activated T cells in lymphocyte subsets of maltreated children: data from a pilot study

H Bielas, A Jud, U Lips, J Reichenbach… - Journal of psychosomatic …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Maltreatment in childhood has been related to enduring changes in the
immune system of adults, such as increased cell-mediated immune response. PURPOSE …

Childhood adversities and adult-onset asthma: a cohort study

J Korkeila, R Lietzen, LH Sillanmäki, P Rautava… - BMJ open, 2012 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Childhood adversities may be important determinants of later illnesses and poor
health behaviour. However, large-scale prospective studies on the associations between …

The systems theory of autistogenesis: putting the pieces together

JP Malone - Sage Open, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The systems theory of autistogenesis accounts for genetic and environmental predisposing
factors for pervasive developmental disorders. During development, regions of the brain …