Emotional abuse in childhood is a differential factor for the development of depression in adults

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 774-782

  Martins, Camila Maria Severi ^a   Von Werne Baes, Cristiane ^a   De Carvalho Tofoli, Sandra Marcia ^a   Juruena, Mario Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Early life stress; Emotional abuse; Psychiatric disorders; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916218908     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000202     Document Type: Article

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