Prefrontal dysfunction in girls with post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to child sexual abuse, and its relation to basal cortisol levels - Sanz-Martin A, Preciado-Mercado S, Garc ía-León OI, García-León IA.

Child sexual abuse is a stressful event that is often associated with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), alterations in the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis and such brain structures as the prefrontal cortex, which is related to the executive funct...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news