Resources

National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020-2022 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)

The mental health crisis needs more than increased investment in the mental health system | The Medical Journal of Australia (mja.com.au)

Prenatal stress: Effects on fetal and child brain development – PubMed (nih.gov)

Be You (beyou.edu.au)

headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation | Resources for Educators (headspace.org.au)

Queensland Government – Children’s Health Queensland | Statewide Ed-LinQ Program (childrens.health.qld.gov.au)

Emotional abuse interacts with borderline personality in adolescent inpatients with binge-purging eating disorders.Spiegel J, Arnold S, Salbach H, Gotti EG, Pfeiffer E, Lehmkuhl U, Correll CU, Jaite C.Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Feb;27(1):131-138. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01142-3. Epub 2021 Mar 7.PMID: 33677816 

Childhood emotional abuse and motor impulsiveness among male violent inmates with antisocial personality disorder.Chen H, Zhou H, Zhang M, Chen C, Liu N, Wang C, Zhang N. Personal Ment Health. 2022 Nov;16(4):350-360. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1557. Epub 2022 Jun 29.PMID: 35768849

Developmental timing of child maltreatment and symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation in young adulthood ; result from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health (depression and anxiety 30:955-964 (2013)

* Is Abuse during Childhood a risk factor for developing substance Abuse Problems as an Adult.? Elizabeth M. Bennett, BS (developmental and behavioural paediatrics Vol 15, No 6, December 1994.

Abused men and women have higher rates of disruptive and difficult relationships (Fernandez 2016, Godbout 2014, Carr 2009, Flynn2008, Isly 2008, O’Riordan 2007, Dennerstein 2004, Fater 2000, Whitten 2000)

Abused women are less likely to be faithful towards their partners (Coleman 2004).