Girls get by with a little help from their friends:Gender differences in protective effects of social support for psychotic phenomena amongst poly-victimised adolescents [PDF]
Purpose: To investigate whether social support is protective for psychotic experiences similarly among poly-victimised adolescent girls and boys.Methods: We utilised data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally ...
Arseneault, Louise +2 more
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Using discordant twin methods to investigate an environmentally mediated pathway between social support and the reduced likelihood of adolescent psychotic experiences. [PDF]
Background: Social support has been shown to be associated with a reduced likelihood of developing psychotic experiences in the general population and even amongst those at high risk due to exposure to multiple forms of victimisation (poly-victimised ...
Crush E +4 more
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Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review. [PDF]
Background: Child and adolescent exposure to community and school violence in Africa is pervasive, with significant longer-term consequences for mental health and life outcomes.
Lupindo MB +3 more
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A Systematic Review of Resilience Factors for Psychosocial Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood Following Childhood Victimisation. [PDF]
Exposure to childhood victimisation (i.e., abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or bullying) can detrimentally impact later psychosocial adjustment. However, this is not the case for all victimised children, some do well despite their experiences and are ...
Latham RM, Newbury JB, Fisher HL.
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Poly-Victimisation and Health Risk Behaviors amongst Street Children in Zimbabwe
This paper explores how poly-victimisation affects health and influences street children's behavior in Harare Metropolitan Province in Zimbabwe. There are many studies on street children in Zimbabwe, but little is known about how multiple forms of ...
Constance Gunhidzirai, Leila Patel
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Identifying victimisation profiles in people with psychosis and a history of childhood trauma: a latent class analysis. [PDF]
Background People with psychosis experience higher rates of childhood victimisation compared to the general population, which may impact on mental health and recovery.
Barnes GL, Emsley R, Garety P, Hardy A.
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Increased risk of child maltreatment and mental health problems among adolescents with restrictions regarding choice of future partner: Results from a Swedish school-based survey. [PDF]
Background: Honour-related violence and oppression is a violation of human rights and a public health problem. Oppression can be manifested by not being allowed to choose future partners and can increase the risk of abuse and mental health problems. Aims:
Bengtsson D, Landberg Å, Jernbro C.
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Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors and health outcomes [PDF]
Background: Research on emotional child abuse in sub–Saharan Africa is scarce. Few studies thus far have examined prevalence, risk and protective factors for emotional child abuse or the associations between emotional abuse and girls’ health. Methods:
Dunne, Michael P. +7 more
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Criminal victimisation in people with severe mental illness: A multi-site prevalence and incidence survey in the netherlands [PDF]
Background: Although crime victimisation is as prevalent in psychiatric patients as crime perpetration (and possibly more so), few European figures for it are available.
Bogaerts, S. (Stefan) +16 more
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First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches [PDF]
Background: Despite evidence supporting cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based interventions as the most effective approach for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in randomised control trials, alternative treatment interventions are often ...
Brady K. T. +11 more
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