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Epigenetic effects of child abuse and neglect propagate human cruelty
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 August 2006
Abstract:
The nature of children's early environment has profound long-term consequences. We are beginning to understand the underlying molecular programming of the stress-response system, which may mediate the destructive long-term effects of cruelty to children, explain the evolutionary stability of cruelty, and provide opportunities for its reversal of early trauma.
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