Other examples of abuse of power include maltreatment of prisoners: a long-standing problem now highlighted by a video, promoted by the opposition, showing rape, beatings and other scandalous behaviour.
The scientific evidence on environmental determinants of psychosis (schizophrenia) has moved on considerably since the 1960s, so there is now compelling evidence that childhood trauma (including maltreatment and sexual abuse, easy separation from parents, and bullying by peers) plays an important role in what is undoubtedly a complex causal picture (see here for a summary of the evidence).
Charges included maltreatment of prisoners of war, cooperation with the Einsatzgruppe D in killing Jewish residents of the Crimea, and disregarding the welfare of civilians by using "scorched earth" tactics while retreating from the Soviet Union.
Environmental factors related to depression are known to include maltreatment, parenting, recent life stress, and poverty.
"The study shows that children in detention face various rights violations – including maltreatment, lack of access to education and health services," said AIHRC Child Rights Commissioner Hengameh Anwari.
All the included maltreatment and adversity items from LYLES and trauma symptom subscales from TSCC were significant in the zero-order correlation analysis (Table 2).
Many younger children enter public care with developmental delay and a history of maltreatment including abuse and neglect which can have long term consequences.
The women described experiencing multiple types of abuse in their lives including childhood maltreatment, witnessing the abuse of their own mothers, experiencing previous IPV or dating violence themselves, or living in communities where violence was prevalent.
We examined the association between emotional maltreatment, including parental emotional maltreatment as well as emotional peer victimization, and social anxiety symptoms in subjects with various degrees of social anxiety.
Early life stress including childhood maltreatment has been associated with reduced head circumference and/or brain size, cognitive, and academic deficits in children and adolescents.
