Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Marcelo Feijo Mello 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

Marcelo Feijó de Mello completed his bachelor's from Santa Casa de São Paulo, Masters in Psychiatry from the State Civil Servant Hospital, Doctorate at Psychiatry from the Federal University of São Paulo, Post-doc in neuroscience from UNIFESP accomplished at Brown University. His current research interests include the Child abuse; Violence; Brain imaging; Structural MRI.

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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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