Relevance of Psychological Symptoms in Pregnancy to Intergenerational Effects of Preconception Trauma

Abstract

SEE CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON PAGE 120 Intergenerational Effect of Maternal Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment on Newborn Brain AnatomyBiological PsychiatryVol. 83Issue 2PreviewChildhood maltreatment (CM) confers deleterious long-term consequences, and growing evidence suggests some of these effects may be transmitted across generations. We examined the intergenerational effect of maternal CM exposure on child brain structure and also addressed the hypothesis that this effect may start during the child’s intrauterine period of life. Full-Text PDF