Citation

Grassi-Oliveira R. Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr. 2019; 41(3): 193.

Affiliation

Graduate Program of Medicine and Medical Sciences: Neuroscience, Instituto do Cérebro (InsCer), Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Associacao Brasileira de Psiquiatria)

DOI

10.1590/1516-4446-2019-4103

PMID

31189006

Abstract

Childhood maltreatment has been recognized as a widespread problem across the globe. Data from North America have shown higher annual health care utilization and costs for women with vs. without a history of child abuse. Specifically, annual health care costs were 36% higher for women who had experienced both physical and sexual child abuse. Feng et al. found that the economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States was U$ 585 billion in just 1 year, and U$ 194 billion in the East Asia and Pacific region, accounting for 1.36 to 2.52% of the region's GDP.

In addition to representing an economic burden, childhood abuse and neglect are important risk factors for a range of mental disorders, including addiction and suicide, as well as for sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behavior...

Language: en