Background Child maltreatment is a global public health issue that encompasses physical
abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to intimate partner violence …

Background Research documents a strong relationship between childhood maltreatment
and depression. However, only few studies have examined the specific effects of various …

Importance Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with long-term poor
mental health. Less is known about factors that improve long-term mental health among …

In order to assess the effects of child/adolescent sexual abuse (CSA/ASA) on the victim's
probability of developing symptoms of depression and anxiety, to quantify injury in …

Background Accumulated evidence suggests that childhood emotional abuse is particularly
related to adulthood depression. However, this connection demands further explanation …

Background Research has well-established that childhood maltreatment is associated with
depressive and social anxiety symptoms in adults. Emotional support has been proposed as …

An integrative socio-ecological model was developed to investigate the impact of emotional
abuse by teachers on children's psychological functioning and test the role of social support …

Objective Research investigating long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on
mental health for men is vastly underdeveloped. This study strengthened the knowledge …

Inflammation, the body's protective response to injury and infection, plays a critical role in
physical and mental health outcomes. Elevated chronic inflammation is implicated as a …

Although abuse and neglect in the early years of life have been reliably linked to poor
mental health outcomes in childhood, only a few studies have examined whether the …