Objective This meta-analysis systematically examined the association of reported
psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with functional somatic …

Exposure to traumatic stress is associated with increased risk for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and alterations of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) function …

Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields
central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions …

Objectives: This article describes four possible pathways by which childhood abuse relates
to health problems in adults. Method: Literature on the long-term effects of childhood abuse …

This study used a multiple physiological systems measurement approach to test the
hypothesis that asymmetry between the major components of the psychobiology of stress is …

Betrayal trauma, or trauma perpetrated by someone with whom a victim is close, is strongly
associated with a range of negative psychological and physical health outcomes. However …

A history of child maltreatment increases the vulnerability to the development of Major
Depressive Disorder (MDD) and/or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), especially in …

Child sexual abuse myths comprise incorrect beliefs regarding sexual abuse, victims, and
perpetrators. Relations among myth acceptance, responses to disclosure, legal decisions …

Stress has been shown to have both central and peripheral effects, promoting psychological
illness (such as anxiety and depression), as well influencing peripheral disease in the …

People who have experienced traumatic events have higher rates than the general
population of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses including cardiovascular …