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1、CerebrumCerebrumTheDanaForumonBrainScienceVolume2■Number4■Fall2000ARTICLEWoundsThatTimeWon’tHeal:TheNeurobiologyofChildAbuseMartinH.TeicherNeuropsychologistTeicherrevealsthealarmingconnectionsscientistsarediscoveringbetweenchildabuse—evenwhenitispsychological,notphysical—andpermanentdebilitatingcha
2、ngesinthebrainthatmayleadtopsychiatricproblems.Thediscoveriesareawake-upcallforoursociety,buttheymayalsoholdhopefornewtreatmentsforabusedchildrenandtheadultsthattheybecome.AbouttheAuthor:MartinH.Teicher,M.D.,Ph.D.,directstheDevelopmentalBiopsychiatryResearchProgramandischief,LaboratoryofDevelopment
3、alPsychopharmacology,atMcLeanHospital.Hisrecentstudieshavebeenoftheneurobiologicaleffectsofchildhoodmistreatmentandtheneurobiologyofattentiondeficit/hyperactivitydisorder.©2000DanaPressTheDanaFoundationwww.dana.orgbyMartinH.Teicher,M.D.,Ph.D.WoundsThatTimeWon’tHeal:TheNeurobiologyofChildAbuseWeeasi
4、lyunderstandhowbeatingachildcounterproductiveorself-defeatinginthemaydamagethedevelopingbrain,butwhatadult.Perhapschildhoodabusehasabouttheall-too-commonpsychologicalabusearrestedpsychosocialdevelopment,leavingofchildren?Becausetheabusewasnotphysi-a“woundedchild”withintheadult.cal,thesechildrenmayb
5、etold,asadults,thatAlthoughsuchexplanationsmayoffergen-theyshouldjust“getoverit.”uineinsightandmaysupportpatientsinButasdevelopmentalneuropsychiatristtherapy,toooftentheyinsteadminimizeMartinH.Teicherreveals,scientistsaredis-theimpactofearlyabuse.Theymakeitcoveringsomestartlingconnectionsbetweeneas
6、ytoreproachthevictims,tosay,insoabuseofallkindsandbothpermanentdebil-manywords,“Getoverit.”itatingchangesinthebrainandpsychiatricResearchontheeffectsofearlymal-problemsrangingfrompanicattackstopost-treatment,includingtheworkofmytraumaticstressdisorder.InthesesurprisingcolleaguesandmyselfatMcLeanHos
7、pitalphysicalconsequencesofpsychologicaltrauma,inBelmont,Massachusetts,appearstotellTeicherseesnotonlyawake-upcallforouradifferentstory:thatearlymaltreatment,societybuthopefornewtreatments.evenexclusivelyps