The Biology of Early Life Stress Understanding Child Maltreatment and Trauma /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Noll, Jennie G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shalev, Idan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Child Maltreatment Solutions Network,
• Subjects: Developmental psychology.; Well-being.; Children.; Maternal and child health services.; Developmental Psychology.; Child Well-being.; Maternal and Child Health.

This innovative collection extends the emerging field of stress biology to examine the effects of a substantial source of early-life stress: child abuse and neglect. Research findings across endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, and genomics supply new insights into the psychological variables as...

Table of Contents:

• Biological Embedding of Child Maltreatment Through Inflammation
• Psychobiological Consequences of Child Maltreatment
• Toward an Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience
• Developmental Traumatology: Brain Development and Maltreated Children With and Without PTSD
• Childhood Maltreatment and Pediatric PTSD: Abnormalities in Threat Neural Circuitry
• Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress
• Epigenetics and Early Life Adversity: Current Evidence and Considerations for Epigenetic Studies in the Context of Child Maltreatment
• An Integrative Temporal Framework for Psychological Resilience
• Conclusions and Panel Discussion.