Associations of childhood emotional and physical neglect with mental health and substance use in young adults.

Lucinda Rachel Grummitt Erin Veronica KellyEmma Louise BarrettSiobhan LawlerKatrina PriorLexine Ann StapinskiNicola Clare Newton

Published in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2021)

Emotional neglect is a risk factor for mental health problems in early adulthood. Research that combines emotional and physical neglect into a single exposure may be obscuring relationships with mental health. Mental health prevention and treatment must screen for, and address, emotional neglect.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
young adults
depressive symptoms
early life
high throughput
combination therapy
smoking cessation
single cell