Citation

Oram S. Lancet Psychiatry 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK. Electronic address: sian.oram@kcl.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30370-0

PMID

31564466

Abstract

Child maltreatment has serious and lifelong consequences, including increasing an individual's risk of physical and mental health problems across their life course. Although estimates vary, globally, as many as a quarter of adults report physical abuse in childhood, and one-fifth of women and one in thirteen men report childhood sexual abuse. Emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence and abuse are also highly prevalent.

Language: en