2022
Inattention symptoms in early pregnancy predict parenting skills and infant maltreatment during the first year of life
de Oliveira J, Fatori D, Shephard E, Xavier M, Matijasevich A, Ferraro A, Rohde L, Chiesa A, Miguel E, Polanczyk G. Inattention symptoms in early pregnancy predict parenting skills and infant maltreatment during the first year of life. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2022, 44: 388-400. PMID: 35751597, PMCID: PMC9375657, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2021-2045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderHyperactivity/impulsivity symptomsInattention symptomsImpulsivity symptomsAdolescent mothersHyperactivity disorderMaternal inattentionInfant maltreatmentEarly intervention programsParenting skillsPoor home environmentInfant developmentIntervention programsInattentionChild maltreatmentMaternal competenceMaltreatmentSkillsHome visit programHome environmentFirst yearInfant's lifeMultilevel linear regression modelsEarly pregnancy
2019
Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children
Bernardes E, Manitto A, Miguel E, Pan P, Batistuzzo M, Rohde L, Polanczyk G. Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 29: 969-978. PMID: 31559500, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01408-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive behavior disordersExecutive functionChildhood maltreatmentCognitive flexibilityEF performanceCommunity sampleBehavior disorderSchool-based sampleCognitive mechanismsCognitive tasksInhibitory controlDisruptive behaviorChild maltreatmentMaltreatmentWorse performanceMental disordersModeratorChildrenImpairmentDisordersIndependent relationshipMemoryFuture studiesAssociationTaskEffects of the interaction between genetic factors and maltreatment on child and adolescent psychiatric disorders
Carvalho C, Pan P, Ota V, Spindola L, Xavier G, Santoro M, Mazzotti D, Pellegrino R, Hakonarson H, Rohde L, Miguel E, Gadelha A, Bressan R, Belangero S. Effects of the interaction between genetic factors and maltreatment on child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Research 2019, 273: 575-577. PMID: 30716596, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental disordersSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSchool-based prospective studyAdolescent psychiatric disordersBonferroni multiple comparison correctionChild maltreatmentProspective studyPsychiatric disordersMultiple comparison correctionSignificant associationGenetic factorsDisordersNucleotide polymorphismsPsychopathologyLogistic modelMaltreatment
2018
Effect of male-specific childhood trauma on telomere length
Xavier G, Spindola L, Ota V, Carvalho C, Maurya P, Tempaku P, Moretti P, Mazotti D, Sato J, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Mari J, Bressan R, Gadelha A, Pan P, Belangero S. Effect of male-specific childhood trauma on telomere length. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2018, 107: 104-109. PMID: 30384090, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk cohortTelomere lengthImportant risk factorCross-sectional studyChild maltreatmentEarly life stressChild Behavior Checklist scoresSchool-based studySerious lifelong consequencesQuantitative polymerase chain reactionHistory of CMPolymerase chain reactionRisk factorsPsychiatric symptomsPsychiatric disordersMultiplex quantitative polymerase chain reactionLifelong consequencesBlood cellsChildhood traumaCM scoreLife stressChain reactionSexBrazilian High-Risk CohortShort telomeresEarly vulnerabilities for psychiatric disorders in elementary schoolchildren from four Brazilian regions
Paula C, Mari J, Bordin I, Miguel E, Fortes I, Barroso N, Rohde L, Coutinho E. Early vulnerabilities for psychiatric disorders in elementary schoolchildren from four Brazilian regions. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2018, 53: 477-486. PMID: 29511791, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-018-1503-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe association between psychotic experiences and traumatic life events: the role of the intention to harm
Moriyama T, Drukker M, Gadelha A, Pan P, Salum G, Manfro G, de Jesus Mari J, Miguel E, Rohde L, Polanczyk G, van Os J, Bressan R. The association between psychotic experiences and traumatic life events: the role of the intention to harm. Psychological Medicine 2018, 48: 2235-2246. PMID: 29331167, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717003762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic life eventsPsychotic experiencesLife eventsType of traumaTraumatic exposureTraumatic experiencesPositive associationMental healthTrauma categoriesChildren's exposureIntentionGreater levelsAccount potential confoundersMethods of assessmentExperiencePsychologistsBullyingAdolescentsDose of exposureTraumaStrong associationClinical confoundersBiasesDemographic characteristicsPotential confounders
2017
Gene expression in blood of children and adolescents: Mediation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder
Spindola L, Pan P, Moretti P, Ota V, Santoro M, Cogo-Moreira H, Gadelha A, Salum G, Manfro G, Mari J, Brentani H, Grassi-Oliveira R, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Rohde L, Sato J, Bressan R, Belangero S. Gene expression in blood of children and adolescents: Mediation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2017, 92: 24-30. PMID: 28384542, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentChildChild AbuseCohort StudiesDepressive Disorder, MajorFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic TestingHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemInterleukin-1betaMaleModels, BiologicalPeptide FragmentsPituitary-Adrenal SystemReceptors, GlucocorticoidReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type IResidence CharacteristicsRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsMajor depressive disorderBlood of childrenDepressive disorderChildhood maltreatmentMDD diagnosisRole of glucocorticoidsWhole blood mRNA levelsCM historyGene expressionAdrenal axisIllness exposureHealthy controlsDepressive symptomsMDD groupLarger studyMRNA expressionMRNA levelsExpression levelsInflammationTNFChildrenDiagnosisBloodAdolescentsNR3C1
2016
Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment
Coelho R, Levandowski M, Mansur R, da Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Salum G, Gadelha A, Pan P, Rizzo L, Manfro G, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Brietzke E, Grassi‐Oliveira R. Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment. Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences 2016, 70: 434-441. PMID: 27278269, DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of CMCopeptin levelsSerum copeptinChildhood maltreatmentChild Behavior ChecklistSerum copeptin levelsAdrenal axis activationSerum copeptin concentrationSevere childhood maltreatmentPromising new biomarkerCBCL total scoreEnzyme-linked immunosorbentExternalizing symptomsCopeptin concentrationsSerum levelsAxis activationPsychiatric morbidityPositive historyClinical InterviewCopeptinNew biomarkersHistory of abuseChild psychopathology symptomsSymptom severitySymptomsMeasuring child maltreatment using multi-informant survey data: a higher-order confirmatory factor analysis
Salum G, DeSousa D, Manfro G, Pan P, Gadelha A, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Mari J, do Rosário M, Grassi-Oliveira R. Measuring child maltreatment using multi-informant survey data: a higher-order confirmatory factor analysis. Trends In Psychiatry And Psychotherapy 2016, 38: 23-32. PMID: 27007940, DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2015-0036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisChild maltreatmentOppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorderAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderHigher-order confirmatory factor analysisMulti-informant approachDeficit hyperactivity disorderLower-order factorsLarge community sampleMulti-informant survey dataHigher-order factorsFactor analysisMeasures of psychopathologyTeacher-reported scoresOverall child maltreatmentFear disordersProsocial measuresHyperactivity disorderBrief measureDistress disordersCommunity sampleConduct disorderEmotional abuseDivergent validitySexual abuse