title: Traumatic events in childhood and their association with psychiatric illness in the adult.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Child maltreatment is a well-known condition that is currently considered to be associated with the development of severe psychiatric conditions. Consequently, the authors decided to review the current literature in order to give a complete scenario of the situation in the world and to give recommendations about prevention and treatment as well as research goals.
  
  
  METHODS
  An electronic search was conducted through the means of MEDLINE database in order to find the most up to date peer-reviewed papers, including only those papers published in 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  15 papers were included and analyzed the current situation in different countries: US (n.3), Australia (n.2), Ireland (n.2), Israel (n.2), China (n.2), Indonesia (n.1), Pakistan (n.1) and Norway (n.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even though sexual abuse has been studied extensively, both physical and emotional abuse and neglect appear to be more represented within the population of patients that had suffered from abuse. Psychiatric disorders (mainly personality disorders, depression and anxiety), interpersonal, social and legal outcomes are important consequences of child maltreatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions and strategies are needed at different levels, from prevention to treatment and further research is important in order to better understand the phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: School of Specialization in Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, piazzale Lucio Severi 1, Edificio A, Perugia, (PG) 06132, Italy, norma.verdolini@studenti.unipg.it.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Verdolini
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Attademo
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agius
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferranti
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quartesan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult