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Posterior structural brain volumes differ in maltreated youth with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

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De Bellis, Michael D., Hooper, Stephen R., Chen, Steven D., Provenzale, James M., Boyd, Brian D., Glessner, Christopher E., MacFall, James R., Payne, Martha E. +2 more·2015·Development and Psychopathology

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging studies of maltreated children with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suggest that maltreatment-related PTSD is associated with adverse brain development. Maltreated youth resilient to chronic PTSD were not previously investigated and may elucidate neuromechanisms of the stress diathesis that leads to resilience to chronic PTSD. In this cross-sectional study, anatomical volumetric and corpus callosum diffusion tensor imaging measures were examined using magnetic resonance imaging in maltreated youth with chronic PTSD (N= 38), without PTSD (N= 35), and nonmaltreated participants (n= 59). Groups were sociodemographically similar. Participants underwent assessments for strict inclusion/exclusion criteria and psychopathology. Maltreated youth with PTSD were psychobiologically different from maltreated youth without PTSD and nonmaltreated controls. Maltreated youth with PTSD had smaller posterior cerebral and cerebellar gray matter volumes than did maltreated youth without PTSD and nonmaltreated participants. Cerebral and cerebellar gray matter volumes inversely correlated with PTSD symptoms. Posterior corpus callosum microstructure in pediatric maltreatment-related PTSD differed compared to maltreated youth without PTSD and controls. The group differences remained significant when controlling for psychopathology, numbers of Axis I disorders, and trauma load. Alterations of these posterior brain structures may result from a shared trauma-related mechanism or an inherent vulnerability that mediates the pathway from chronic PTSD to comorbidity.

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  • These brain regions and functional deficits have been specifically implicated in the development of psychiatric disorders such as depression, PTSD, BPD, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorders, and substance use disorders.

    “These brain regions and functional deficits have been specifically implicated in the development of psychiatric disorders such as depression, PTSD, BPD, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorders, and substance use disorders (e.g., De Bellis et al. 2015, Kumari et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2014).”

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    The Discussion (page not provided) links posterior brain differences to PTSD in maltreated youth and raises depression and substance use disorders as possible related outcomes requiring longitudinal study. It does not establish a developmental role for these differences in those later disorders, or address BPD, schizophrenia, or antisocial personality disorder as the claim states. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The neural findings agree with recent reports of anatomical differences in severely maltreated youths with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    “Of interest, even though our sample reports low to moderate CT, our neural findings are consistent with recent findings of anatomical differences between severely maltreated youths with posttraumatic stress disorder (60).”

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De Bellis, M. D., Hooper, S. R., Chen, S. D., Provenzale, J. M., Boyd, B. D., Glessner, C. E., MacFall, J. R., Payne, M. E., Rybczynski, R., & Woolley, D. P.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Duke University (US)
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Published
2015-11
Volume
27
Issue
4pt2
Pages
1555-1576
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
OpenAlex
W2463716776
Cited by
75
References
97
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
FWCI
6.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA012479, R01AA12479)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH063407, R01- MH61744, K24MH71434, R01MH061744, R01MH63407, K24MH071434)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K24DA028773)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
Keywords
child abuse, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder, resilience, gray matter volume, cerebellum, diffusion tensor imaging, pediatric trauma
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Cerebellum, Child, Child Abuse, Chronic Disease, Corpus Callosum, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Cerebrum, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Gray Matter

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