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High-risk families exposed to toxic stressors such as family violence, depression, addiction, and poverty, have shown greater difficulty in parenting young children. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of ATTACHTM, a 10–12 session manu...

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Early adversity (e.g., family violence, parental depression, low income) places children at risk for maltreatment and negatively impacts developmental outcomes. Optimal parental reflective function (RF), defined as the parent’s ability to think...

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Childhood Adversities and the ATTACHTM Program’s Influence on Immune Cell Gene Expression

  • Zhiyuan Yu,
  • Steve Cole,
  • Kharah Ross,
  • Martha Hart,
  • Lubna Anis and
  • Nicole Letourneau

Objective: To determine whether maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are (a) associated with increased inflammatory gene expression in mother–child dyads and (b) whether a parenting intervention (ATTACH™) moderates the associatio...