Trauma and child psychopathology: From risk and resilience to evidence-based intervention.

Patterns of adversity and post-traumatic stress among children adopted from care

“…The co-occurrence of neglect, maltreatment (particularly verbal abuse) and domestic violence concurs with previous studies (O 'Leary, Slep & O'Leary, 2000;Warmingham et al, 2019). Furr, Comer, Villodas, Poznanski & Gurwitch, (2018) state that in cases of child maltreatment and domestic violence, an ongoing threat from a perpetrator exists, which may be accompanied by other stressors, including adult mental illness.…”