ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN CHILDHOOD HAVE FAR EMERGING CONSEQUENCES FOR MENTAL AND SOMATIC HEALTH FOR ADULTS
In the framework of the study of the influence of abuse and neglect in childhood on the formation of the clinical consequences of the use of psychoactive substances, the analysis and systematization of the data of scientific medical publications on the health hazards of experienced childhood adversities were carried out. The terminology recommended by WHO for determining types of abuse and neglect, forms of manifestation, results of implementation and consequences for the development and health of affected children, as well as age-related characteristics of children's responses to traumatic experiences are presented. The results of systematic and meta-analytical reviews on the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in childhood and their relationship with impaired adult behavior predisposing to the development of serious mental and somatic disorders are presented.