Community-Based Global Health Program for Maltreated Children and Adolescents in Brazil: The Equilibrium Program.

The maltreatment of children and adolescents is a global public health problem that affects high- and low-middle income countries ("LMICs"). In the United States, around 1.2 million children suffer from abuse, while in LMICs, such as Brazil, these rates are much higher (an estimated 28 million children).

Association of child maltreatment and psychiatric diagnosis in Brazilian children and adolescents.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between different types of child maltreatment and the presence of psychiatric disorders in highly vulnerable children and adolescents served by a multidisciplinary program.

Methods: In total, 351 patients with a mean age of 12.47, of whom 68.

Perceptions of and attitudes toward antidepressants: stigma attached to their use--a review.

The aim of this study was to ascertain whether there is any evidence of stigma related to the use of antidepressants. Using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, we searched for the terms stigma, antidepressants, and depression. A protocol was developed to extract information from the papers, which were identified and explored further.