trauma Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:33:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 trauma Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Poverty and Adversity Changes Brain Function https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/poverty-adversity-changes-brain-function/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:42:09 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12229 A remarkable study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry identifies ways that the experience of poverty and adversity changes brain function. Specifically, the study finds that adolescents growing up in lower socioeconomic environments are more likely to have the gene that codes for the serotonin transporter protein methylated in a region that is associated with increased reactivity of the amygdala to threat. ...

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