Child abuse and autonomic nervous system hyporesponsivity among psychiatrically impaired children

Ford, Julián D.; Fraleigh, Lisa A.; Albert, David B.; Connor, Daniel F.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.11.005

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“…Chronic trauma lays a foundation for a range of interpersonal problems and maladaptive coping skills stemming from longstanding relational deficits and distorted cognitive schemas about oneself and others (Elliott et al, 2005; M. E. Harris & Fallot, 2001;Teyber & McClure, 2011). Furthermore, neurobiological responses to trauma can make adapting to new and non-abusive environments even more challenging, and therefore these clients require trauma-informed treatment methods (Bloom & Farragher, 2013;Creeden, 2009;Ford, Fraleigh, Albert, & Connor, 2010;M. E. Harris & Fallot, 2001;Van der Kolk, 2006).…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Lives of Female Sex Offenders

2014

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This study explored the prevalence of early trauma in a sample of U.S. female sexual offenders (N = 47) using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scale. Compared with females in the general population, sex offenders had more than three times the odds of child sexual abuse, four times the odds of verbal abuse, and more than three times the odds of emotional neglect and having an incarcerated family member. Half of the female sex offenders had been sexually abused as a child. Only 20% endorsed zero adverse childhood experiences (compared with 35% of the general female population) and 41% endorsed four or more (compared with 15% of the general female population). Higher ACE scores were associated with having younger victims. Multiple maltreatments often co-occurred in households with other types of dysfunction, suggesting that many female sex offenders were raised within a disordered social environment by adults with problems of their own who were ill-equipped to protect their daughters from harm. By enhancing our understanding of the frequency and correlates of early adverse experiences, we can better devise trauma-informed interventions that respond to the clinical needs of female sex offender clients.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Lives of Female Sex Offenders

2014

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“…Abusive and neglectful parenting can lead children to develop a complex and interrelated set of biopsychosocial deficits that can manifest in aggression and substance abuse (Ford, Chapman, Connor, & Cruise, 2012;Ford, Fraleigh, Albert, & Connor, 2010;Middlebrooks & Audage, 2008). Neurological theories suggest that toxic stress in childhood is associated with structural changes in the brain, potentially causing affective and behavioral dysregulation as well as impaired cognitive functioning (Anda et al, 2006;Middlebrooks & Audage, 2008;van der Kolk, 2006).…”

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Childhood Adversity, Substance Abuse, and Violence: Implications for Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice

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Grady

2016

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

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“…Maltreated children are at higher risk for both reactive aggression and deficits in emotional regulation. 27,28 More generally, executive dysfunction and emotional control (including effortful, cognitively mediated control) appear to be inversely related, 2 and internalizing problems such as anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and somatic complaints are conceptually related to other forms of emotional dysregulation that involve difficulty in controlling attention and cognition. For example, rumination and attention bias toward negative stimuli is associated with internalizing disorders.…”

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Childhood Maltreatment, Emotional Dysregulation, and Psychiatric Comorbidities

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Harvard Review of Psychiatry

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Affect dysregulation, defined as the impaired ability to regulate and/or tolerate negative emotional states, and has been associated with interpersonal trauma and post-traumatic stress. Affect regulation difficulties also play a role in many other psychiatric conditions, including anxiety disorders and mood disorders, specifically major depression in youth and bipolar disorder throughout the life span. Exposure to traumatic events and interpersonal trauma in childhood is associated with a wide range of psychosocial, developmental, and medical impairments in children, adolescents and adults, with emotional dysregulation being a core feature that may help to account for this heightened risk. In order to understand how the developmental effects of childhood maltreatment contribute to emotional dysregulation and psychiatric sequelae, we review emotional regulation and its developmental neurobiology, and examine the research evidence of associations between childhood traumatization, emotional dysregulation, and psychiatric co-morbidities in children, adolescents and adults.

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Child abuse and autonomic nervous system hyporesponsivity among psychiatrically impaired children

Cited by 36 publications

References 23 publications

Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Lives of Female Sex Offenders

Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Lives of Female Sex Offenders

Childhood Adversity, Substance Abuse, and Violence: Implications for Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice

Childhood Maltreatment, Emotional Dysregulation, and Psychiatric Comorbidities

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