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Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries
Ruth Gilbert,Cathy Spatz Widom,Kevin D. Browne,Kevin D. Browne,David M. Fergusson,Elspeth Webb,Staffan Janson +6 more
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For example, this article found that exposure to multiple types and repeated episodes of maltreatment is associated with increased risks of severe maltreatment and psychological consequences, which has longlasting effects on mental health, drug and alcohol misuse (especially in girls), risky sexual behaviour, obesity, and criminal behaviour.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2009-01-03. It has received 3034 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Child abuse & Sexual abuse.read more
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The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Rosana E. Norman,Munkhtsetseg Byambaa,Rumna De,Alexander Butchart,James Scott,James Scott,James Scott,Theo Vos +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis is conducted to assess the relationship between child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, and subsequent mental and physical health outcomes.
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Carrying the Pain of Abuse: Gender-Specific Findings on the Relationship between Childhood Physical Abuse and Obesity in Adulthood
TL;DR: This study provides one of the first population-based, gender-specific analyses of the association between childhood physical abuse and obesity controlling for a wide range of factors.
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Violence, abuse, and crime exposure in a national sample of children and youth.
TL;DR: Clinicians and researchers need to inquire about a larger spectrum of victimization types to identify multiply victimized children and tailor prevention and interventions to the full range of threats that children face.
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Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Lisa Jones,Mark A Bellis,Sara Wood,Karen Hughes,Ellie McCoy,Lindsay Eckley,Geoff Bates,Christopher Mikton,Tom Shakespeare,Alana Officer +9 more
TL;DR: The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis confirm that children with disabilities are more likely to be victims of violence than are their peers who are not disabled.
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Sexual Abuse and Lifetime Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Laura P. Chen,M. Hassan Murad,Molly L Paras,Kristina M. Colbenson,Amelia Sattler,Erin N. Goranson,Mohamed B. Elamin,Richard J. Seime,Gen Shinozaki,Larry J. Prokop,Ali Zirakzadeh +10 more
TL;DR: A history of sexual abuse is associated with an increased risk of a lifetime diagnosis of multiple psychiatric disorders and associations between sexual abuse and depression, eating disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder were strengthened by a history of rape.
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Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
Vincent J. Felitti,Robert F. Anda,Dale F. Nordenberg,David F. Williamson,Alison M. Spitz,Valerie J. Edwards,Mary P. Koss,James S. Marks +7 more
TL;DR: For example, this article found a strong relationship between the breadth of exposure to abuse or household dysfunction during childhood and multiple risk factors for several of the leading causes of death in adults.
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Meta-analysis of risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed adults.
TL;DR: The effect size of all the risk factors was modest, but factors operating during or after the trauma, such as trauma severity, lack of social support, and additional life stress, had somewhat stronger effects than pretrauma factors.
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The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood: A convergence of evidence from neurobiology and epidemiology
Robert F. Anda,Vincent J. Felitti,J. Douglas Bremner,John D Walker,Charles L. Whitfield,Bruce D Perry,Shanta R. Dube,Wayne H. Giles +7 more
TL;DR: The graded relationship of the ACE score to 18 different outcomes in multiple domains theoretically parallels the cumulative exposure of the developing brain to the stress response with resulting impairment in multiple brain structures and functions.
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Validity of adult retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences: review of the evidence.
Jochen Hardt,Michael Rutter +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a computer-based search, supplemented by hand searches, was used to identify studies reported between 1980 and 2001 in which there was a quantified assessment of the validity of retrospective recall of major adverse experiences in childhood.
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The cycle of violence
TL;DR: Findings from a cohort study show that being abused or neglected as a child increases one's risk for delinquency, adult criminal behavior, and violent criminal behavior; however, the majority of abused and neglected children do not become delinquent, criminal, or violent.