Shocking research published in The Lancet last month shows that children who are bullied by other children have a greater risk of developing mental health problems as young adults than those who have been maltreated by adults.
Worryingly children who have been bullied are five times more likely to experience anxiety and twice as likely to talk of suffering depression and self-harm as those who were maltreated at home (for more, see http://bit.ly/1EBnKMM).
Maltreatment includes physical or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, and neglect which have until now been the focus of concern regarding children’s mental health later in life. But with one in three children worldwide reporting being bullied, the authors of the study say it is time that bullying is taken more seriously.
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