Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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Ronald C. Kessler · Harvard University

Katie A. McLaughlin · Harvard University

Jennifer Green · Boston University

Michael J. Gruber · Harvard University

Nancy A. Sampson · Harvard University

Alan M. Zaslavsky · Harvard University

Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola ·

Abstract

Childhood adversities have strong associations with all classes of disorders at all life-course stages in all groups of WMH countries. Long-term associations imply the existence of as-yet undetermined mediators.

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Child Abuse and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

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Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 197, Issue 5, pp. 378-385

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080499

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Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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