Background Child maltreatment is a global public health issue that encompasses physical
abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to intimate partner violence …

Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying and describing one's emotions. Growing evidence
suggests that alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor. Despite its clinical importance …

Objectives To estimate the prevalence in Australia of each type of child maltreatment; to
identify gender‐and age group‐related differences in prevalence. Design, setting Cross …

Objectives To determine the prevalence in Australia of multi‐type child maltreatment,
defined as two or more maltreatment types (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse …

Background A public mental health lens is increasingly required to better understand the
complex and multifactorial influences of interpersonal, community and institutional systems …

Objectives To examine the associations between experiences of child maltreatment and
mental disorders in the Australian population. Design Population‐representative survey …

Abstract Background Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with a
greater risk of later criminal offending. However, existing research in this area has been …

Shame following childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can be intensely painful and destructive to
one's sense of self and place in the world. Organised around an internalised core belief of …

This study presents the most comprehensive national prevalence estimates of diverse
gender and sexuality identities in Australians, and the associations with five separate types …

Objective To estimate associations between all five types of child maltreatment (emotional
abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exposure to domestic violence) and …