Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Andrea Parolin Jackowski Author

jackowski@psiquiatria.epm.br

Subjects of specialization
Neuroimaging, Psychopathology, FMRI, Children

Affiliation
Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience (LiNC), Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Biography

Andrea Parolin Jackowski Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná (1995), Masters in Neurosciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1998) and Doctorate in Medicine: Medical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2001), Post-Doctorate at Yale University. She is currently Working as an  Adjunct Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) - Federal University of São Paulo.

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

Author(s):

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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