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Publication Name World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID 114110
Country China
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ISSN 2220-3206 (online)
Open Access This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Category Psychiatry
Manuscript Type Editorial
Article Title Confronting childhood maltreatment and promoting trauma-informed care: Safeguarding the mental health of young and middle-aged adults
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Guo-Chang Xue, Li-Wen Zhang and Chao-Ying Ma
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Author(s) ORCID Number
Guo-Chang Xue http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7890-8575
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Corresponding Author Guo-Chang Xue, Chief Physician, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, No. 999 Liangxi Road, Wuxi 214062, Jiangsu Province, China. gcxue@163.com
Key Words Emotional neglect; Emotional abuse; Childhood maltreatment; Depression; Trauma-informed care; Mental health
Core Tip This article focuses on a study linking childhood maltreatment to young and middle-aged adults’ subthreshold depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder. The study has found that childhood maltreatment raises depression risk, which is strongly correlated with emotional abuse and neglect. It advocates for trauma-informed care for treatment and early maltreatment identification for prevention, calling for joint efforts to safeguard the mental health of young and middle-aged adults.
Publish Date 2026-02-28 08:32
Citation

Xue GC, Zhang LW, Ma CY. Confronting childhood maltreatment and promoting trauma-informed care: Safeguarding the mental health of young and middle-aged adults. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(3): 114110

URL https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v16/i3/114110.htm
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.114110
Full Article (PDF) WJP-16-114110-with-cover.pdf
Manuscript File 114110_Auto_Edited_055630.docx
Answering Reviewers 114110-answering-reviewers.pdf
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Non-Native Speakers of English Editing Certificate 114110-non-native-speakers.pdf
Peer-review Report 114110-peer-reviews.pdf
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CrossCheck Report 114110-crosscheck-report.pdf