Witnessing Violence Toward Siblings: An Understudied but Potent Form of Early Adversity

Martin H. Teicher; Gordana D. Vitaliano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028852

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Witnessing Violence Toward Siblings: An Understudied but Potent Form of Early Adversity

Martin H. Teicher ,

* E-mail: martin_teicher@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gordana D. Vitaliano

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont Massachusetts, United States of America
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Witnessing Violence Toward Siblings: An Understudied but Potent Form of Early Adversity

Martin H. Teicher,
Gordana D. Vitaliano

Published: December 21, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028852

About the Authors

Martin H. Teicher

* E-mail: martin_teicher@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont Massachusetts, United States of America

Gordana D. Vitaliano

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: MT GV. Analyzed the data: MT GV. Wrote the paper: MT GV.

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