Childhood Maltreatment, Depression and Suicidal Ideation: Critical Importance of Parental and Peer Emotional Abuse During Developmental Sensitive Periods in Males and Females

BACKGROUND: The Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study found that risk for depression increased as a function of number of types of childhood maltreatment, and interpret this as a result of cumulative stress. An alternative hypothesis is that risk depends on type and timing of maltreatment. This...

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Main Authors: Alaptagin eKhan, Hannah Claire McCormack, Elizabeth Anna Bolger, Cynthia eMcGreenery, Gordana eVitaliano, Ann ePolcari, Martin Hersch Teicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00042/full