"Child abuse scars not just the brain and body, but, according to the latest research, but may leave its mark on genes as well.
"The research, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that abused children who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may experience a biologically distinct form of the disorder from PTSD caused by other types of trauma later in life...."
http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/30/abused-children-may-get-different-form-of-ptsd/
PNAS link: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/04/24/1217750110
See also:
How Terror Hijacks the Brain
http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/16/how-terror-hijacks-the-brain/
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