WASHINGTON — Adults with childhood trauma had greater bodily stress dysregulation, which made them more susceptible to psychopathological and somatic disorders, according to a poster presented here.
The poster won best poster by a student, postdoc or trainee at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference.
“Some evidence suggests that dysregulated biological stress systems could partially explain the adverse impact of childhood trauma and increased vulnerability to mental and somatic disorders,” Erika Kuzminskaite, MS, a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam