The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS): Protocol for a national survey of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect, associated mental disorders and physical health problems, and burden of disease

The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS): Protocol for a national survey of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect, associated mental disorders and physical health problems, and burden of disease

Introduction: Child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence) is widely understood to be associated with multiple mental health disorders, physical health problems and health risk behaviours throughout life. However, Australia lacks funda...

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Main Authors: Mathews, B., Pacella, R., Dunne, M., Scott, J., Finkelhor, D., Meinck, F., Higgins, D.J., Erskine, H., Thomas, H.J., Haslam, D., Tran, N., Le, H., Honey, N., Kellard, K., Lawrence, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
child protection
community child health
epidemiology
mental health
public health
Australia
Child
Child Abuse
Cost of Illness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Mental Disorders
Prevalence
Queensland
Retrospective Studies
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1137969
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88175

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