Not exact matches
Her team's new
study, published online June 8, 2014, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, shows that two neural circuits mediate fruit flies» slow - and - stable or quick - but - clumsy
escape behaviors.
These findings are supported by
studies on abused children and adolescents at high risk for suicidal
behaviors.16, 42 The immediacy of the stress and the pain of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or witnessing domestic violence are experiences not easily
escaped by children and adolescents, which may make suicide appear to be the only solution.
Thus, illicit drug use may serve as an avenue to
escape or dissociate from the immediate emotional pain, anxiety, and anger that likely accompany such experiences.46, 47 The current findings are supported by previous
studies that have reported associations between forms of childhood abuse and substance abuse in adolescents.46, 48,49 The adverse developmental and emotional impact of these interrelated childhood experiences, combined with
behaviors inherent among this age group, 19 — 21 all may contribute to the especially strong graded relationship that we found in this age group.