Childhood maltreatment represents a significant risk factor for psychopathology. Recent
research has begun to examine both the functional and structural neurobiological correlates …

Child abuse has been shown to have a causal role in depression, anxiety disorders, post-
traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, substance abuse, sexual dysfunction, personality …

We review the risk and protective factors for child physical abuse (CPA). An etiological
model based on moderate to strongly supported risk factors would begin with distal …

The study examines the impact of child abuse on children's psychological health. Child
abuse was defined as physical and psychological abuses against children whilst …

Approximately one million cases of child abuse are substantiated through child protective
services in the United States each year, but experts indicate that this figure is actually an …

This article evaluates the published empirical findings on childhood emotional abuse and its
proposed relationship with psychotic symptoms. Research and governmental policy …

In its broadest sense, childhood emotional maltreatment is the bread-and-butter of clinical
psychiatry and general psychotherapy. Nonetheless, its weight in mainstream psychiatric …

This study characterizes adults who report being physically abused during childhood, and
examines associations of reported type and frequency of abuse with adult mental health …