Youth Experiencing Parental Death Due to Drug Poisoning and Firearm Violence in the US, 1999-2020, in JAMA
key takeaway: "Between 1999 and 2020, an estimated 1.19 million US youth had a parent die by drug poisoning or firearms. In 2020, drugs and firearms caused 23% of all parental deaths compared with 12% in 1999, and Black youth experienced a disproportionate burden, mainly due to firearm deaths of fathers."
Prospective and Retrospective Measures of Child Maltreatment and Their Association With Psychopathology: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, in JAMA Psychiatry
key takeaway: "Psychopathology was more strongly associated with retrospective than prospective measures of childhood maltreatment. The associations between retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment and psychopathology were stronger when the assessment of psychopathology was based on self-reports and was focused on internalizing (emotional) disorders."
- May 6, 2024
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