physical abuse risk_factor_for neuropsychiatric disorders

Subject: physical abuse
Relation: risk_factor_for
Object: neuropsychiatric disorders
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (1 sources)

Epigenetic mechanisms in alcohol- and adversity-induced developmental origins of neurobehavioral functioning. (2018) PMID:29305195 cited

Disruptions to neural development arising from aberrant epigenetic programming early in life could predispose an individual to developing neuropsychiatric disorders in adulthood.

confidence: 0.85