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New meta-analysis: small effect of childhood maltreatment on mental health.
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Does childhood maltreatment cause mental health problems? Our new meta-analysis of 34 quasi-experimental studies (N~54k individuals) suggests a small causal effect of child maltreatment on mental health problems. Published today in AJP! @APApsychiatric ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap
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oh i probably have some data on this in my n=470k survey; I ask a lot of questions about abuse in childhood, and also ask people to check boxes for which mental illnesses apply to them (and also a few qs about neuroticism/attachment styles)