Citation

Srabstein JC. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Clin. N. Am. 2015; 24(4): 799-810.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Children's National Medical Center, Montgomery County Outpatient Regional Center, 9850 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. Electronic address: jsrabste@cnmc.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chc.2015.06.008

PMID

26346390

Abstract

This article identifies countries with the highest prevalence of bullying and other forms of maltreatment and examines the significance of these epidemiologic findings in the context of migration and availability of mental health resources. The relevance of higher prevalence of bullying and other forms of maltreatment in certain parts of the world has significant public health bearing not only on the nations affected by them but worldwide, because migrants carry with them the effects of victimization. The significant risk of abuse and violence affecting immigrants may be compounded by the effects of polyvictimization.

Language: en