Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with poor mental and physical health.
However, the mechanisms of gene–environment correlations and the potential causal …

Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and serves as a risk factor for mental and
physical disorders. Self-reported childhood maltreatment appears heritable, but the specific …

Variation in the mental health of people who have experienced childhood maltreatment is
substantial. One hypothesis is that this variation is attributable, in part, to the timing of …

Background Childhood maltreatment is a global public health, human rights, and moral
issue that is associated with a substantial mental health burden. We aimed to assess the …

Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with adverse health outcomes and this
risk can be transmitted to the next generation. We aimed to investigate the association …

Maltreatment places children at risk for psychiatric morbidity, especially conduct problems.
However, not all maltreated children develop conduct problems. We tested whether the …

Children who experience adversities have an elevated risk of mental health problems.
However, the extent to which adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) cause mental health …

BackgroundPrevious research suggests that various types of childhood maltreatment
frequently co-occur and confer risk for multiple psychiatric diagnoses. This non-specific …

It is unclear whether maltreatment types exert common or specific effects on mental health.
In the current study, we aimed to systematically characterize the unique, shared and …

Childhood maltreatment is a key risk factor for poor mental and physical health. Recently,
variation in epigenetic processes, such as DNA methylation, has emerged as a potential …