Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

By Ronald C. Kessler, Katie A. McLaughlin, J. Green, M. Gruber, N. Sampson, Alan M. Zaslavsky, S. Aguilar-Gaxiola, A. Alhamzawi, Jordi Alonso, M. Angermeyer and 23 more. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2010

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Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, High-Risk Behaviors, and Morbidity in Adulthood (2015, methodology): “of recent inclusion of the ACE scale in large population surveys such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).(17) For instance, recent examination of ACEs and chronic disease across ten states and the District of Columbia found a dose–response relationship between the number of re”
Stress and neuroinflammation: a systematic review of the effects of stress on microglia and the implications for mental illness (2016, background): “Large-scale epidemiological studies have shown that stress, both early in childhood and later in life, predisposes to the development of mental health problems in adulthood (Scott et al. 2012; Varese et al. 2012; Benjet et al. 2010; Kessler et al. 2010).”
Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2017, background): “However, suggestive related evidence exists on differences in associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders across different childhood adversity types (Kessler et al., 2010; Pirkola et al., 2005) and profiles (McLafferty et al., 2015; Putnam, Harris, & Putnam, 2013).”
Childhood adversities and first onset of psychiatric disorders in a national sample of adolescents (2012, neutral): “Several multivariate models were estimated using the modeling approach developed in earlier work on this topic.(4,16) Each model included dummy predictor variables for CAs and controls.”
The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development. (2018, background): “110 The domains of social determinants frequently cluster and interact, and this has been given prominence in the emerging field of syndemics.”
The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations (2024, background): “For example, the World Mental Health Surveys estimate that around two in five individuals have experienced at least one form of childhood adversity 94 .”
Childhood Adversities Increase the Risk of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis of Patient-Control, Prospective- and Cross-sectional Cohort Studies (2012, background): “Adverse childhood events including trauma is a common experience worldwide, with some estimates suggesting that about a third of the general population may be affected.(1) Evidence suggests that its effects in adulthood may include a range of negative social outcomes, including higher criminality,(2”
Stress and depression: old questions, new approaches (2015, background): “Similarly, childhood adversity exposure predicts adolescent and adult psychopathology [11,12].”
Social determinants of mental health (2014, neutral): “It is well known that a greater number of adverse events in childhood is associated with increased likelihood of developing mental illness in adulthood (Kessler et al., 2010; Oladeji et al., 2010).”
Childhood Adversity and Neural Development: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “…for psychopathology among those who have experienced childhood adversity persists throughout adolescence and adulthood, and approximately one-third of all mental disorders worldwide are attributable to exposure to childhood adversity (Green et al. 2010, Kessler et al. 2010, McLaughlin et al. 2012).”