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- Title
Adverse Early Life Experiences as a Social Determinant of Mental Health.
- Authors
Koplan, Carol; Chard, Anna
- Abstract
The article discusses adverse early life experiences (AELEs) as a social determinant of mental health. It refers to negative social interactions experienced by infants, children and adolescents with individual and the social or physical environment that are broadly associated with unstable or unsafe out-of-home environments. It discusses the prevalence of AELEs in the U.S., examples of AELEs at the clinical level and the need for psychiatrists to be proactive in promoting protective factors.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; SOCIAL interaction; INFANTS -- Social aspects; CHILDREN &; society; TEENAGERS &; society; SOCIAL context; PHYSICAL environment; PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publication
Psychiatric Annals, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0048-5713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/00485713-20140108-07