Childhood trauma in patients with severe mental disorders linked to shorter telomeres

Research published today in the open access Nature journal Translational Psychiatry , found patients with severe mental disorders who had experienced childhood abuse to have shorter telomeres, a predictor of biological age. Here, Monica Aas, lead author of the study, tells us about the findings and what the next steps are for the field.

http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2019/03/21/childhood-trauma-patients-severe-mental-disorders-linked-shorter-telomeres/

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