A large body of evidence has demonstrated that exposure to childhood maltreatment at any
stage of development can have long-lasting consequences. It is associated with a marked …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may leave long-lasting neurobiological scars,
increasing the risk of developing mental disorders in later life. However, no review has …

Child maltreatment rates remain unacceptably high and rates are likely to escalate as
COVID-related economic problems continue. A comprehensive and evidence-building …

The detrimental impact of early life adversities (ELAs; entailing pre-and postnatal
experiences) on the developing brain has been well established. By inducing neural …

Suicidal behaviour is a multifaceted phenomenon that concerns all human populations. It
has been suggested that a complex interaction between the individual genetic profile and …

Childhood trauma, and in particular physical neglect, has been repeatedly associated with
lower performance on measures of social cognition (eg emotion recognition tasks) in both …

Transdiagnostic approaches challenge traditional psychiatric classification systems.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) represent a transdiagnostic risk factor for …

Borderline personality disorder is most consistently characterized as a disorder of the
experience and regulation of emotions. Neuropathological models have predominantly …

Environmental experiences play a critical role in shaping the structure and function of the
brain. Its plasticity in response to different external stimuli has been the focus of research …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) was introduced in the DSM‐III in 1980. From the DSM‐
III to the DSM‐5, no major changes have occurred in its defining criteria. The disorder is …