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

A growing body of research has examined the impact of childhood adversity on neural
structure and function. Advances in our understanding of the neurodevelopmental …

Despite long-standing interest in the influence of adverse early experiences on mental
health, systematic scientific inquiry into childhood adversity and developmental outcomes …

Background Child sexual abuse is considered a modifiable risk factor for mental disorders
across the life course. However the long-term consequences of other forms of child …

Context Although childhood adversities (CAs) are known to be highly co-occurring, most
research examines their associations with psychiatric disorders one at a time. However …

Childhood physical and sexual abuse victims are at increased risk for developing
depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood. Prior findings …

In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to
answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly …

Objective. Illicit drug use is identified in Healthy People 2010 as a leading health indicator
because it is associated with multiple deleterious health outcomes, such as sexually …

BACKGROUND: This study examines the prevalence, correlates, and psychiatric disorders
of adults with history of child sexual abuse (CSA). METHODS: Data were derived from a …

OBJECTIVE: To provide clinicians with current information on prevalence, risk factors,
outcomes, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). To examine the best …