Countering posttraumatic LHPA activation in refugee mothers and their infants

E Ullmann^{1

2}, S R Bornstein^{2

3}, R S Lanzman⁴, C Kirschbaum⁵, S Sierau¹, M Doehnert¹, P Zimmermann⁶, H Kindler⁷, M Schauer⁸, M Ruf-Leuschner⁸, J M Fegert⁹, K von Klitzing¹, U Ziegenhain⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
³ Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychology/Developmental Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
⁷ German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany.
⁸ Center of Excellence for Psychotraumatology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
⁹ Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

E Ullmann et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;23(1):2-5.

doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.235. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

¹ Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
³ Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychology/Developmental Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
⁷ German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany.
⁸ Center of Excellence for Psychotraumatology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
⁹ Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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