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Childhood Trauma May Affect Brain Structure, Leading to More Severe Depression [psychcentral.com]

 

Childhood trauma may alter the structure of the brain in a way that makes clinical depression more likely to be severe and recurrent, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

Some studies have shown a link between maltreatment and altered brain structure, while others have shown a link between maltreatment and major depressive disorder. The new study is the first to directly establish an association between maltreatment experiences, brain structural alterations and clinical course of depression.

For the study, researchers evaluated 110 patients, ages 18 to 60 years, who had been admitted to the hospital following a diagnosis of major depression.

[For more on this story by Traci Pedersen, go to https://psychcentral.com/news/...pression/144029.html]

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