Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Ana Carolina Coelho Milani Author

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Subjects of specialization
Child abuse, Violence, Brain imaging, Structural MRI

Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Ana Carolina Coelho Milani received her master's and doctorate in Psychiatry and Medical Psychology from the Federal University of São Paulo. She currently works as private practice and as a researcher at Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP. Her research interests include the child and the adolescent psychiatry, neuroimaging (Magnetic Nuclear Resonance), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Violence, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and mood disorders.

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Brain Structures in Pediatric Maltreatment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An MRI Prospective Study with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Multiple Violence

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Ana Carolina Coelho Milani, Bernd Foerster, Hugo Cogo, Idaiane Batista de Assuncao-Leme, Marcelo Feijo Mello and Andrea Parolin Jackowski

Childhood maltreatment, which includes emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect (including witnessing domestic violence), is a global problem with several consequences, including pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study goal was to investigate the structural alterations, through a prospective study, in PTSD/PTSS patients when compared with controls subjects (children exposed to violence but no disorder. A total of 29 children exposed to violence from 7-13 years were evaluated and matched with a healthy control group (n=9). No significant structural changes were observed in the PTSS,PTSD and exposed controls subjects at the baseline and neither when those groups were compared to the healthy control group (non-exposed children... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000166

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