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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2022 Jun 25;160:110981. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110981
PubMed search strategy
“Child of Impaired Parents”[Mesh] OR “Adverse Childhood Experiences”[Mesh] OR “Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events”[Mesh] OR “Child Abuse”[Mesh] OR “Child Abuse, Sexual”[Mesh] OR “Child, Foster”[Mesh] OR “adverse childhood”[tiab] OR “Childhood Trauma”[tiab] OR ((child[tiab] OR children[tiab] OR childhood[tiab] OR youth[tiab] OR teen[tiab] OR teenager[tiab] OR adolescent[tiab] OR adolescence[tiab]) AND (stressor[tiab] OR stressors[tiab] OR violence[tiab] OR foster[tiab] OR neglect[tiab] OR neglected[tiab] OR maltreatment[tiab] OR maltreated[tiab] OR abuse[tiab] OR abused[tiab] OR molestation[tiab] OR “adverse experience”[tiab] OR “adverse experiences”[tiab] OR divorce[tiab] OR incarceration[tiab] OR incarcerated[tiab] OR “psychiatric trauma”[tiab] OR “parent child conflict”[tiab] OR “serious life events”[tiab] OR “stressful life events”[tiab]))
“Autoimmune Diseases”[Mesh] OR “Neuroimmunomodulation”[Mesh] OR “Immune System”[Mesh] OR “Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS”[Mesh] OR “Multiple Sclerosis”[Mesh] OR “Disseminated Sclerosis”[tiab] OR Autoimmune[tiab] OR “Multiple Sclerosis”[tiab] OR Autoimmunity [tiab] OR Diabetes[tiab] OR lupus[tiab] OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”[tiab]
NOT (animals[mesh] NOT humans[mesh])
CINAHL search strategy
(MH “Children of Impaired Parents+”) OR (MH “Adverse Childhood Experiences”) OR (MH “Child Abuse+”) OR (MH “Child Abuse Survivors”) OR (MH “Child, Foster”) OR TI(“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma”) OR AB (“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma”) OR TI((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”)) OR AB((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”))
(MH “Autoimmune Diseases+”) OR (MH “Immune System+”) OR (MH “Multiple Sclerosis”) OR TI(“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR Autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR Autoimmunity OR Diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”) OR AB(“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR Autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR Autoimmunity OR Diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”)
PsychINFO search strategy
DE “Childhood Adversity” OR DE “Foster Care” OR DE “Foster Children” OR DE “Child Abuse” OR DE “Battered Child Syndrome” OR DE “Child Neglect” OR ((DE “Early Experience” OR DE “Early Childhood Development”) AND (DE “Exposure to Violence” OR DE “Violence” OR DE “Dating Violence” OR DE “Domestic Violence” OR DE “Gun Violence” OR DE “Intimate Partner Violence” OR DE “Patient Violence” OR DE “Political Violence” OR DE “School Violence” OR DE “Violent Crime” OR DE “Workplace Violence” OR DE “Verbal Abuse” OR DE “Sexual Abuse” OR DE “Physical Abuse” OR DE “Divorce” OR DE “Incarceration” OR DE “Family Conflict” OR DE “Marital Conflict”)) OR TI(“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma”) OR AB(“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma”) OR TI((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”)) OR AB((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”)) DE “Immunologic Disorders” OR DE “Celiac Disease” OR DE “Guillain-Barre Syndrome” OR DE “Immune System” OR DE “Bone Marrow” OR DE “Spleen” OR DE “Multiple Sclerosis” OR TI (“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR Autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR Autoimmunity OR Diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”) OR AB(“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR Autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR Autoimmunity OR Diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”)
Embase search strategy
‘child of impaired parents’/exp. OR ‘childhood adversity’/exp. OR ‘childhood trauma survivor’/de OR ‘child abuse survivor’/exp. OR ‘child abuse’/exp. OR ‘foster child’/exp. OR (“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma” OR ((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”))):ti,ab ‘autoimmune disease’/exp. OR ‘immunomodulation’/exp. OR ‘immune system’/exp. OR ‘multiple sclerosis’/exp. OR ‘demyelinating disease’/de OR ‘demyelination’/exp. OR ‘chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy’/exp. OR ‘acute disseminated encephalomyelitis’/exp. OR (“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR Autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR Autoimmunity OR Diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”):ti,ab
Scopus search strategy
(((“adverse childhood” OR “Childhood Trauma” OR ((child OR children OR childhood OR youth OR teen OR teenager OR adolescent OR adolescence) AND (stressor OR stressors OR violence OR foster OR neglect OR neglected OR maltreatment OR maltreated OR abuse OR abused OR molestation OR “adverse experience” OR “adverse experiences” OR divorce OR incarceration OR incarcerated OR “psychiatric trauma” OR “parent child conflict” OR “serious life events” OR “stressful life events”))) AND (“Disseminated Sclerosis” OR autoimmune OR “Multiple Sclerosis” OR autoimmunity OR diabetes OR lupus OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis”))) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “ar”) OR LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “sh”) OR LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “Undefined”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”))