Angelika H. Claussen

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that psychological maltreatment can occur alone, that assessments of parental psychologically maltreating behavior and negative child outcomes are highly correlated, and that child age and gender are unrelated to psychological malt treatment in young children whereas family income is related.

TL;DR: The data confirm that mental disorders among children continue to be a substantial public health concern and can be used by public health professionals, health care providers, state health officials, policymakers, and educators to understand the prevalence of specific mental disorders and other indicators of mental health and the challenges related to mental health surveillance.

TL;DR: Findings support the proposition that efforts to prevent mild and moderate mental retardation should include providing children with adequate nutrition during early childhood.

TL;DR: Crittenden et al. as mentioned in this paper studied attachment in Egyptian school-aged children and found that attachment models peer interaction behavior, and feelings about the self: indications of maladjustment in dismissing preoccupied (Ds/E) adolescents.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated relations among types of physical and psychological maltreatment and their effect on development in an ethnically diverse sample of maltreated school-age children and adolescents.