The burden of mental ill health associated with childhood maltreatment in the UK, using The Health Improvement Network database: a population-based retrospective cohort study
The Lancet Psychiatry
Fecha de publicación: 26 September 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30369-4
Autores: Joht S Chandan, MFPH., Tom Thomas, MBBS., Krishna M Gokhale, MSc., Prof Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Ph., Prof Julie Taylor, PhD., Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, MD.
Background: Childhood maltreatment is a global public health, human rights, and moral issue that is associated with a substantial mental health burden. We aimed to assess the association between childhood maltreatment and the development of mental ill health and the initiation of new prescriptions for mental ill health.