Article 3b: Childhood Trauma in Adult Depressive and Anxiety Disorders (Kuzminskaite et al., 2021) Flashcards
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Childhood trauma is associated with:
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- A higher risk for anxiety and depressive disorders.
- Higher comorbidity and higher chronicity of these disorders.
- Maladaptive personality characteristics (higher neuroticism and negative self-associations)
- Advanced biological ageing (increased epigenetic ageing and telomere attrition).
- Poorer lifestyle (higher smoking rate and BMI)
- Somatic health decline (increased metabolic dysregulation
- Brain alteration (reduced mPFC volume and increased amygdala activity.
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Most profound effects
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Were found for EMOTIONAL abuse and neglect
