Sentences with phrase «lasting psychological consequences»

Significant traumas, such as divorce, the death of a loved one, abuse (verbal, physical, or sexual), a parent being deployed, or a major illness, can have long lasting psychological consequences which affect behavior, sleep, eating, mood and academic or social functioning.

Solitary confinement is torture and can lead to devastating, lasting psychological consequences such as depression, alienation, suicide, and withdrawal.

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Many males throughout these past decades have suffered the lasting physical, psychological, and sexual dysfunctional consequences of routine circumcision, which they did not choose.

Childhood bullying may lead to long - lasting health consequences, impacting psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular health well into adulthood, according to a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Some of these choices may also have major psychological and emotional consequences on your life that can last for a long time.

Sexual violence affects both the individual and society, and it can have harmful and lasting physical and psychological consequences for victims, families, and communities.

Dating violence can cause lasting psychological and emotional consequences.

Going through a separation and a divorce, being betrayed by a partner or an important person in your life can also cause lasting psychological and emotional consequences.

Childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse are among the strongest predictors of psychiatric pathology and severity of clinical course, including suicide.2,4 - 14 The influence of childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse on psychological development is thought to be mediated directly by changes in cognitive processing of threatening stimuli,15 - 18 resulting in enhanced negative affect to daily life stressors.19 Although there is a clear link between early - life adversity and psychopathology, very little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for the long - lasting behavioral consequences of childhood abuse.

Without proper treatment and care, survivors often experience severe and lasting psychological and sometimes physical consequences of the abuse.

Effective treatments targeted to children that lower the risk of experiencing these psychological conditions or that mitigate adult psychological and economic consequences are likely to have long - lasting payoffs and to be very cost - effective.