Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect

Background Childhood maltreatment is robustly associated with increased risk of poor mental health outcome and changes in brain function. The authors investigated whether childhood experience of abuse (e.g. physical, emotional and sexual abuse) and neglect (physical and emotional deprivation) was differentially associated with neural reactivity to threat. Methods Participants were drawn from an existing study and allocated to one of four groups...