Child Neglect and Maltreatment and Childhood-to-Adulthood Cognition and Mental Health in a Prospective Birth Cohort

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Life-long adverse effects of childhood maltreatment on mental health are well established, but effects on child-to-adulthood cognition and related educational attainment have yet to be examined in the general population. We aimed to establish whether different forms of child maltreatment are associated with poorer cognition and educational qualifications in childhood/adolescence and whether associations persist to midlife, parallel to associations for mental health.

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Title: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Abbreviated Title: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Print): 08908567

Publication date Created: January 2016

Publication date (Print): January 2016

Volume: 55

Issue: 1

Pages: 33-40.e3

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.10.012

PubMed ID: 26703907

SO-VID: 5da3f839-d1b4-4eea-9689-4d5a7f135a50

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