Neurobiological Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment: The Implications for Practitioners

Duration: 32 mins Publication Date: 29 Apr 2024 Next Review Date: 19 Apr 2027 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.27714

Description

In this Papers Podcast, Assistant Professor Jacqueline Samson and Associate Professor Martin Teicher discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Practitioner Review: Neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment – clinical and therapeutic implications for practitioners’

Learning Objectives

1. How childhood maltreatment alters threat detection and the impact of childhood maltreatment on the area and integrity of white matter tracts.
2. What happens in terms of hippocampal and subfield activation.
3. Definition and insight into the concept of latent vulnerability and ecophenotypes, and the impact of maltreatment.
4. The problematic behavioural presentations that you would expect to see in individuals exposed to childhood maltreatment.
5. Evidence-based tools for treatment and how knowledge about alterations in brain functioning changes the clinical approach to treatment.

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JCPP

Paper Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13883

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