Background Sexual exploitation of children (SEC) is a widespread crime which impacts the
child victim across developmental, health and well-being domains. As victims, boys have …

This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma
became an integral part of the United Kingdom's public health response to COVID-19 during …

Stigma has been associated with delays in seeking treatment, avoiding clinical encounters,
prolonged risk of transmission, poor adherence to treatment, mental distress, mental ill …

Objective Women are more likely, than men, to be diagnosed late with ADHD but there is a
paucity of research on their experiences. This paper reports on women's lived experiences …

Purpose Recent years have seen significant policy and practice interest in how to best
respond to the impact of childhood maltreatment and adversity on young people's contact …

Most people accessing mental health services have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
and/or histories of complex trauma. In recognition of this, there are calls to move away from …

Being dismissed or disparaged by medical professionals can be shocking and demoralizing
for patients, leading to unnecessary harms (eg, avoidance of medical treatment; depression; …

There is growing recognition, in the UK and internationally, of the huge costs of recurrent
appearances of parents in local authority care proceedings. This paper contributes to …

Abstract Background and Hypothesis Shame has been linked to the experience of
psychosis, with implications for clinical outcomes, however, a meta-analysis of the …

Institutional abuse of children (IA-C) is a significant social problem that can have deleterious
life-long consequences for survivors. This abuse occurs in settings including but not limited …