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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298063803321

Titolo

The Biology of Early Life Stress : Understanding Child Maltreatment and Trauma / / edited by Jennie G. Noll, Idan Shalev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-72589-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages)

Collana

Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, , 2509-7156

Disciplina

620.1122

Soggetti

Developmental psychology

Well-being

Children

Maternal and child health services

Developmental Psychology

Child Well-being

Maternal and Child Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 associated with adversity in children and its outcomes. These compelling interdisciplinary data add to a promising



model of biological mechanisms involved in individual resilience amid chronic maltreatment and other trauma. At the same time, these results also open out distinctive new possibilities for serving vulnerable children and youth, focusing on preventing, intervening in, and potentially even reversing the effects of chronic early trauma. Included in the coverage: Biological embedding 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 An integrative temporal framework for psychological resilience The Biology of Early Life Stress is important reading for child maltreatment researchers; clinical psychologists; educators in counseling, psychology, trauma, and nursing; physicians; and state- and federal-level policymakers. Advocates, child and youth practitioners, and clinicians in general will find it a compelling resource.