Childhood maltreatment associated with cerebral gray matter reductions in adolescents
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Childhood maltreatment is associated with reductions in cerebral gray matter volume, and even if adolescents reporting exposure to maltreatment do not have symptoms that meet full criteria for psychiatric disorders, they may have cerebral gray matter changes that place them at risk for behavioral difficulties, according to a new study.