Childhood trauma may leave immune traces that shape brain circuits
A structured narrative review finds peripheral inflammation is a context-dependent contributor linking childhood trauma to selected reward and threat circuits, ...
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Childhood Trauma and Anhedonia Linked to First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
A case-control study found that childhood trauma and anhedonia independently correlate with increased odds of drug-naïve first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Brain activity changes in transgender women with gender dysphoria linked to childhood trauma, genes and neurotransmitters
A new BMC Medicine study reports that transgender women with gender dysphoria show altered activity in the posterior cingulate cortex ...
Adolescents with severe emotion dysregulation show clinical-level symptoms, study finds
A cross-sectional study of 611 students and 63 clinical outpatients found that adolescents with high emotion dysregulation showed clinical-level symptoms, ...
Narrative review links repetitive negative thinking to depression vulnerability after childhood trauma, but causal evidence remains limited
A narrative review identifies repetitive negative thinking as a possible transdiagnostic link between childhood trauma and depression vulnerability, but highlights ...
Multi-Omics Uncover Gut-Brain Links in IBS Women
In recent groundbreaking research, a multi-omics approach has illuminated the intricate clinical-gut-brain interactions particularly evident among female patients diagnosed with ...
Study Finds Almost Half of Sexual Abuse Cases Begin by Age 15
A groundbreaking global analysis published in The Lancet on May 7, 2025, reveals the persistent and pervasive crisis of sexual ...
