Erschienen in:
07.03.2017 | Editorial
Understanding gene × early adversity interactions: possibilities for insight in the biology of psychiatric disorders
verfasst von:
Elisabeth B. Binder
Erschienen in:
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
Adverse events occurring early in life have consistently been shown to strongly increase the risk for psychiatric disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders but also psychoses and personality disorders. The more severe forms of early adverse life events, such as childhood maltreatment, sexual or emotional abuse or physical and emotional neglect in childhood, have been associated with the highest rates of increased risk. However, other forms of early adverse experiences, such as parental loss, bullying, or low socioeconomic status in childhood, were also shown to increase risk for a number of psychiatric disorders [
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