The link between trauma and violence in bipolar disorder
Childhood trauma history has been found to correlate with increased aggression in adults with and without affective disorders.1,2,13 In addition, there is an overlap between the neurochemical changes found in adults with histories of traumatic stress and those found in adults with increased impulsive aggression—in particular, increased functioning of both the catecholamine system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.14