The severe effect on adult mental health of an experience suffered by one in five children. » Continue reading: 1 in 5 Children Experience Something WORSE Than Parental Abuse » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: This is Why Childhood Psychological Abuse Should Be As Taboo as Sexual or Physical Abuse The Workplace Behaviour That is Unexpectedly Worse Than Bullying The Shocking Effect of ‘Hidden’ Sibling Bullying on Adult Depression Effects of Childhood Bullying Last at Least 40 Years Family Problems In Childhood Affect Brain Development

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