Violence against children, later victimisation, and mental health: A cross-sectional study of the general Norwegian population

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Thoresen, Siri ^a   Myhre, Mia ^a,b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a,c   Aakvaag, Helene Flood ^a   Hjemdal, Ole Kristian ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child abuse; Child sexual abuse; Depression; Epidemiology; Mental health; Rape; Revictimisation; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977124861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.26259     Document Type: Article

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