Review Article   
CHILDHOOD ABUSE AND NEGLECT: CAN IT HELP PSYCHIATRY TO HEED TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH?
Author(s): Joan Haliburn* It is known that a large proportion of children and adults have been exposed to significant trauma at some stage in their lives and that childhood trauma is associated with mental and physical ill-health. There is an accumulating literature that shows a high proportion of the mentally ill report childhood abuse and neglect. Studies showing evidence of a strong association of childhood trauma histories and specific mental illnesses, high prevalence of childhood trauma in psychiatric out-patients and as a result, higher utilization of mental health services, are cited. The evidence of association of childhood trauma and the serious mental illnesses is compelling and the ACES’ study of the past three decades have emphasised its impact. The limitations of these studies are openly considered, but in spite of the immense volume of literature on the subject, there continues to be a wid.. Read More» DOI: 10.54615/2231-7805.47323

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