Publications by authors named "P Szeszko"
Background: The etiology of schizophrenia involves both biological and environmental risk factors. Studying childhood trauma in disorders along the schizophrenia spectrum, including schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), can inform early risk and protective factors for psychosis. However, no study has directly compared childhood trauma between SPD and schizophrenia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnhancing Conceptual Clarity regarding the Construct of Moral Injury.
Psychother Psychosom
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The term "moral injury" describes the psychological impact of events that challenge one's moral beliefs, but lacks clear definitions and boundaries in research.
- This review discusses the difficulties in distinguishing moral injury from established mental health issues like PTSD and highlights limitations in current assessment methods.
- The authors suggest ways to better investigate the biological and behavioral aspects of moral injury and propose clearer definitions to differentiate it from other psychiatric conditions.
Only a small number of studies have assessed structural differences between the two hemispheres during childhood and adolescence. However, the existing findings lack consistency or are restricted to a particular brain region, a specific brain feature, or a relatively narrow age range. Here, we investigated associations between brain asymmetry and age as well as sex in one of the largest pediatric samples to date (n = 4265), aged 1-18 years, scanned at 69 sites participating in the ENIGMA (Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis) consortium.
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