The researcher of the Psique & Sociedad research group, Ana Milena Gaviria Gómez, published the article entitled «Effect of Exposure to Socio-Political Violence and Abuse During Childhood on Executive Planning in Adult Life» in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, located in the percentile Q1. This text analyzes how traumatic events in childhood exert differential effects on executive planning skills in adulthood. This is a pioneering investigation, studying the combined long-term effect of early exposure to traumatic events related to sociopolitical violence (in the context of a prolonged conflict such as the Colombian one) and child abuse, on neurodevelopment and performance. cognitive.

The article is a product of interdisciplinary and interinstitutional work that contributes to the visibility and national and international positioning of María Cano.

Frontiers in Psychiatry is the world’s fifth most cited open access journal in its field and ranks in the top percentiles of Impact Factor and CiteScore. It publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research across a broad spectrum of translational, basic, and clinical research. This open access, multidisciplinary journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians, and the public worldwide. The journal’s mission is to use translational approaches to improve therapeutic options for mental illness and thereby improve patient treatment outcomes.

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