@article{ref1,
title="Early childhood abuse and limbic system ratings in adult psychiatric outpatients",
journal="Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences",
year="1993",
author="Teicher, Martin H. and Glod, Carol A. and Surrey, J. and Swett, C.",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="301-306",
abstract="The authors investigated the hypothesis that early abuse might affect the development of the limbic system. During initial psychiatric evaluation, 253 outpatients completed a self-report scale, the Limbic System Checklist-33 (LSCL-33), designed to measure somatic, sensory, behavioral, and memory symptoms suggestive of temporal lobe epilepsy, along with a questionnaire about physical or sexual abuse. Physical abuse was associated with a 38% increase in LSCL-33 scores (P < 0.01), sexual abuse with a 49% increase (P < 0.02), and combined abuse with a 113% increase (P < 0.0001). Physical or sexual abuse alone was associated with elevated LSCL-33 scores only if the abuse occurred before age 18.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-0172",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}