PLoS ONE, 2021 Victims of childhood trauma report shame and anticipation of stigma, leading to non-disclosure and avoidance of help. Stigma is potentially aggravating the mental health consequences of childhood trauma.
Georg Schomerus +8 more
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A national survey of childhood physical abuse among females in Swaziland
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Objective: This study describes the scope and characteristics of childhood physical abuse in a nationally representative sample of 13–24 year-old females in Swaziland.
Matthew J. Breiding +4 more
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Prevalence of childhood abuse among people who are homeless in Western countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose: This article systematically reviews studies of prevalence of childhood experience of physical and sexual abuse in adult people who are homeless in Western countries.
Baguley, T, Sundin, EC
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Patterns of childhood trauma and psychological distress among injecting heroin users in China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Childhood trauma has been reported as a possible cause of future substance abuse in some countries. This study reports the prevalence of childhood trauma and examines its association with psychological distress among injecting drug users from mainland ...
Zhen Wang +5 more
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Read-React-Respond: An integrative model for understanding sexual revictimization [PDF]
, 2011 Females who have been sexually abused in childhood are at significantly higher risk to be revictimized in adolescence and adulthood. Revictimization is associated with a raft of adverse mental and physical health outcomes, and so understanding why ...
Grych, John H., Noll, Jennie G
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Predicting the Depression Symptoms by Childhood Traumas in Male Students [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناختی, 2023 The purpose of this study was to predict the depression symptoms in male students by childhood trauma. The research method was descriptive correlational.
Mehdi Ahmadi +3 more
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Childhood Maltreatment and BMI Trajectories to Mid-Adult Life: Follow-Up to Age 50y in a British Birth Cohort. [PDF]
, 2015 Childhood maltreatment including abuse and neglect has been associated with adult obesity, but evidence on life-course development of obesity or BMI gain is unclear.
Li, L, Pinto Pereira, SM, Power, C
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Patterns of childhood adverse events are associated with clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder [PDF]
, 2013 Background Previous studies in bipolar disorder investigating childhood trauma and clinical presentations of the illness have mainly focused on physical and sexual abuse.
Elizabeth A Barrett +11 more
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Childhood maltreatment and amygdala connectivity in methamphetamine dependence: a pilot study. [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionChildhood maltreatment, a well-known risk factor for the development of substance abuse disorders, is associated with functional and structural abnormalities in the adult brain, particularly in the limbic system.
Dean, Andy C +3 more
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Psychotic symptoms in young adults exposed to childhood trauma - A 20 year follow-up study [PDF]
, 2011 Childhood adversity has been shown to increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in adult life. However, there are no previous studies looking at the association between experiencing a natural disaster during childhood and the development of psychotic ...
Alexander McFarlane +46 more
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