Introduction to the Special Issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Mechanisms Linking Early-Life Adversity to Physical Health

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Psychology (McLaughlin), University of Washington, Seattle; Department of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (Lane), University of Arizona, Tucson; and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Center for Health and Community, Division of Developmental Medicine (Bush), University of California San Francisco.

Editorial

Katie A McLaughlin et al. Psychosom Med. 2016 Nov/Dec.

. 2016 Nov/Dec;78(9):976-978.

doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000420.

¹ From the Department of Psychology (McLaughlin), University of Washington, Seattle; Department of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (Lane), University of Arizona, Tucson; and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Center for Health and Community, Division of Developmental Medicine (Bush), University of California San Francisco.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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