Potential consequences of child abuse: Case report and mini-review

What is it about?

The hypothesis defended here is that child abuse can change trajectories of certain conditions e.g. ADHD and histrionic personality disorder and negatively influence healthy individuals. Children regularly punished for impulsivity, hyperactivity, hysterical fits or supposed misbehavior would modify their conduct to prevent repeated trauma and/or to cope with it. The adaptive or maladaptive conduct may be obsessive-compulsive and/or compatible with autism spectrum disorder.

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