SEXUAL ABUSE IN ADOLESCENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH ATYPICALLY INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS WITHIN REGIONS IMPLICATED IN SELF-REFERENTIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROCESSING TO APPROACHING ANIMATE THREATS

Sexual Abuse in Adolescents Is Associated With Atypically Increased Responsiveness Within Regions Implicated in Self-Referential and Emotional Processing to Approaching Animate Threats

Childhood sexual abuse is associated with significant subsequent pathology and neurodevelopmental disruption.In particular, childhood sexual abuse has been associated with heightened threat sensitivity.However, little work has directly investigated this issue.In this study, we examine the association of childhood sexual abuse to neural and behavior

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Barriers and enablers to nurse practitioner implementation of medication abortion in Canada: A qualitative study.

In this study we explored nurse practitioner-provided medication abortion in Canada and identified barriers and enablers to uptake and implementation.Between 2020-2021, we conducted 43 semi-structured interviews with 20 healthcare stakeholders and 23 nurse practitioners who both provided and did not provide medication abortion.Data were analyzed us

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