Publications by authors named "J M Najman"
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- * Using a large Queensland cohort, the research found that 10.1% of participants had been reported for child maltreatment, with 3.3% admitted and 4.8% presenting at emergency departments for CMDs.
- * The results indicate that all forms of substantiated child maltreatment significantly correlated with increased risk for CMDs, particularly anxiety and depression, suggesting a need for better screening for maltreatment in hospital settings.
Background: Abuse and neglect affect over 1.7 billion children worldwide. While the consequences of child maltreatment (CM) across the life course are well understood, there remains ambiguity surrounding the risk factors associated with CM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a high need for accessible avenues for improving mental health among emerging adults, particularly on college campuses. Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) is a promising avenue for reducing mental health symptoms, but initial discomforts associated with MBI may cause symptoms to fluctuate before decreasing, which presents a barrier to engagement with mindfulness on a daily basis. Consistent mindfulness practice is key for forming habits related to MBI, and engagement with mindfulness at home, including between intervention sessions, is an important predictor of mental health outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDoes attachment anxiety mediate the persistence of anxiety and depressive symptoms from adolescence to early adulthood?
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
August 2024
Objectives: Depression and anxiety often emerge in adolescence and persist into early adulthood. Developing a greater understanding of the factors that influence their persistence may inform psychological interventions. Their association with an insecure attachment style is well established although the mediating role of attachment anxiety in the persistence of depression and anxiety over time has not been examined.
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- Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) are linked to various mental health issues, suggesting a potential two-way relationship between the two.
- A study utilized data from participants at ages 14, 21, and 30 to explore how poor mental health in youth could predict IPV in adulthood, focusing on factors like delinquency and substance use.
- Findings indicate that issues such as substance use disorders at age 21 are strong predictors of various types of IPV at age 30, highlighting the potential advantages of early intervention programs to mitigate future IPV.