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Child Abuse & Brain Development
Host: Steve Bogdewic, PhD
Interview: Martin Teicher, MD, PhD
Director, Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program & Laboratory of Developmental Psychopharmacology
A study by Harvard researcher Martin Teicher, MD, PhD, may reveal why victims of child abuse are at greater risk for depression, drug addiction, and other mental health problems.
Dr. Teicher’s data show that abuse in childhood may disrupt the development of nerve tissues that may reduce the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with emotions and memory. Teicher speaks with Sound Medicine’s Steve Bogdewic, PhD.
Teicher directs the developmental biopsychiatry research program and laboratory of developmental psychopharmacology at McLean Hospital in Boston. He also is associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Additional Resources:
- Find out more about Dr. Teicher's work at McLean Hospital.
- Learn more about how child abuse affects brain development in The New York Times.
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