Associations of childhood emotional and physical neglect with mental health and substance use in young adults

CONCLUSION: Emotional neglect is a risk factor for mental health problems in early adulthood. Research that combines emotional and physical neglect into a single exposure may be obscuring relationships with mental health. Mental health prevention and treatment must screen for, and address, emotional neglect.PMID:34250829 | DOI:10.1177/00048674211025691

Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - July 12, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lucinda Rachel Grummitt Erin Veronica Kelly Emma Louise Barrett Siobhan Lawler Katrina Prior Lexine A Stapinski Nicola Clare Newton Source Type: research