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ArticleChild maltreatment2025

The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample.

Lottie G Harris, Daryl J Higgins, Megan L Willis, David Lawrence, Ben Mathews, Hannah J Thomas, Eva Malacova, Rosana Pacella, James G Scott, David Finkelhor and 3 more

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Article in Child maltreatment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Lottie G HarrisSchool of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0009-0000-6084-3593
Daryl J HigginsInstitute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0268-8243
Megan L WillisFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2310-0018
David LawrenceSchool of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Ben MathewsSchool of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Hannah J ThomasQIMR Berghofer, Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Eva MalacovaQIMR Berghofer, Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Rosana PacellaInstitute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9742-1957
James G ScottQIMR Berghofer, Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0744-0688
David FinkelhorCrimes against Children Research Center, Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7008-4252
Franziska MeinckQueensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, QLD, Australia.
Holly E ErskineQueensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, QLD, Australia.
Divna M HaslamSchool of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to explore key characteristics of the out-of-home care subgroup of a nationally representative Australian sample. To ensure that mental health services are appropriately targeted, it is critical that we understand the differential impacts of childhood experiences for this cohort. Using the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (

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Child AbuseFoster Home CareAdolescentAdultAdverse Childhood ExperiencesAustraliaChildFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedPrevalenceStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticYoung Adultchild adversitychild maltreatmentdepressionfoster carepopulationposttraumatic stress disorder

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PMID38627990
PMCPMC11656622

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