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Bullying: peer-to-peer maltreatment with severe consequences for child and adolescent mental health

Author: Michael Kaess

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 8/2018

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In the past decades, research on the development of mental disorders has increasingly set a strong focus on the identification and investigation of environmental risk factors. Ideally, such risk factors can be used as potential targets for prevention. Among the most important factors that may either positively or negatively influence an individual’s environment are interpersonal experiences and relationships. …

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Title: Bullying: peer-to-peer maltreatment with severe consequences for child and adolescent mental health
Author: Michael Kaess
Publication date: 01-08-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1201-5

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