Association between Hpa Axis Functioning and Mental Health in Maltreated Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review.

Pierre-Antoine LerouxNolwenn DissauxJean Yves Le ResteGuillaume BronsardNathalie Lavenne-Collot

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

This systematic review demonstrates that mental disorders are more frequent and severe in cases where child abuse has occurred. Moreover, children who experienced child abuse seem to present changes in the reactivity of the HPA axis. Nevertheless, the potential correlation between these changes in the reactivity of the HPA axis and mental disorders in this population needs to be evaluated in further studies.

Keyphrases

mental health
systematic review
young adults
meta analyses
mental illness
randomized controlled trial
early onset
climate change
case control
drug induced