Link between childhood maltreatment and adult substance abuse

maltreatment

University of Queensland researchers have found people maltreated as children are 3 times more likely to be admitted to hospital for alcohol and substance use by the time they’re 40, compared to people who were not maltreated. Dr Claudia Bull from UQ’s Faculty of Medicine led a study which analysed data from more than 6,000 […]

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A memoir of sexual abuse

“Indescribable is the memoir of the sexual abuse I suffered by my stepfather from the age of eight, lasting until I was fourteen. The abuse of women and children isn’t limited to any section of society, but affects us all, regardless of our backgrounds,” explains the actress and campaigner Candice Derman at the launch of […]

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