The researchers behind the current study wanted to more closely examine the association between childhood trauma and bipolar disorder (BD) specifically, as previous studies focused on BD have produced conflicting results.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with migraine onset in adolescence.
A study from the 1990s showed adverse childhood experiences contributed to illicit drug and alcohol use. A more recent study showed adults between age 18 and 25 had the highest rate of opioid misuse compared with teens and adults aged 26 and older. The researchers in the current study wanted to explore the connection between “early life risk exposures” and opioid use among university students.
Biomarker research has revealed a connection between systemic inflammation and depression.
With the scarcity of data concerning adopted children, the researchers followed children adopted from institutionalized care to determine the relationship between family environment, behavioral outcomes, and executive function.
Researchers calculated lifetime and past-year prevalence of suicide ideation and attempts in Puerto Rican young adults using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
The study authors examined the risk of mortality in opioid-exposed infants, and whether mortality is associated with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).
Research implicates environmental risk factors, including correlates of urbanicity, deprivation, and environmental toxins, in psychotic-like experiences in school-aged children.
Childhood adversity has a profound impact on perceived pain severity in female FM/CWP patients with PTSD symptoms.
