Teicher, M.H., & Samson, J.A. (2016). Annual Research Review: Enduring neurobiological effects of childhood abuse and neglect. Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 57(3), 241-266.
Research questions: "First, does childhood abuse affect brain structure and function? Second, does the type of maltreatment matter or are they all stressors? Third, does age at the time of abuse matter? Fourth, what is the temporal association between exposure and brain changes? Fifth, are boys and girls affected in the same way? Sixth, do the observed structural and functional consequences make more sense as adaptive responses or as nonspecific damage? Seventh, are the neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment reversible? Finally, what is the relationship between childhood abuse, brain changes and psychiatric illness?"
This article gets heavy in neuro terminology. Ages 0-5 and specific brain effects in that age range are discussed but the paper considers maltreatment and neglect into adulthood.
My research topic is "adventure therapy as a treatment for adolescents with complex trauma". I would be keen to read your thesis as with adolescents we are treating what has happened to them beforehand including, and crucially, in the first years.
best wishes
Graham