Abuse / Negelect Changes Brain

Abuse Changes Brain...
Suicide victims who were abused as children have clear genetic changes in their brains, Canadian researchers reported on Tuesday in a finding they said shows neglect can cause biological effects. The findings offer potential ways to find people at high risk of suicide, and perhaps to treat them and prevent future suicides. And, the researchers said, they also offer insights into how neglect and abuse can perpetuate unhealthy behavior through the generations. Moshe Szyf of McGill University in Montreal and colleagues studied the brains of 18 men who committed suicide and who were also abused or neglected as children, and compared them to 12 men who also died suddenly but from other causes, and who were not abused, although some had various psychiatric problems such as anxiety disorders