Early life stress and the anxious brain: evidence for a neural mechanism linking childhood emotional maltreatment to anxiety in adulthood

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Psychological Medicine

• Publication date

  2015-12-16

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  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1017/S0033291715002603PMID 26670947PMCID PMC4795156
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