Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

Background Although many meta-analyses have examined the association between
childhood sexual abuse and subsequent outcomes, the scope, validity, and quality of this …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

Does psychopathology develop as a function of the objective or subjective experience of
childhood maltreatment? To address this question, we studied a unique cohort of 1,196 …

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

Early life stressors display a high universal prevalence and constitute a major public health
problem. Prolonged psychoneurobiological alterations as sequelae of early life stress (ELS) …

Maternal depression, a non-psychotic depressive episode of mild to major severity, is one of
the major contributors of pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality. Maternal depression …

Potential long-lasting adverse effects of child maltreatment have been widely reported,
although little is known about the distinctive long-term impact of differing types of …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may leave long-lasting neurobiological scars,
increasing the risk of developing mental disorders in later life. However, no review has …

Abstract Knowledge of risk factors and their effects is vital for successfully preventing and
reducing child neglect. This study provides a meta-analytic update of research on risk factors …