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World J Psychiatry. Mar 19, 2026; 16(3): 114110
Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.114110
Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.114110
Confronting childhood maltreatment and promoting trauma-informed care: Safeguarding the mental health of young and middle-aged adults
Guo-Chang Xue, Li-Wen Zhang, Chao-Ying Ma, Department of Pediatrics, Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Wuxi 214062, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Xue GC conceived and designed the article; Xue GC and Zhang LW wrote the manuscript; Xue GC and Ma CY reviewed and edited the manuscript; and all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Corresponding author: Guo-Chang Xue, MD, Chief Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, No. 999 Liangxi Road, Wuxi 214062, Jiangsu Province, China. gcxue@163.com
Received: September 15, 2025
Revised: October 27, 2025
Accepted: December 15, 2025
Published online: March 19, 2026
Processing time: 168 Days and 7.4 Hours
Revised: October 27, 2025
Accepted: December 15, 2025
Published online: March 19, 2026
Processing time: 168 Days and 7.4 Hours
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Core Tip: This article focuses on a study linking childhood maltreatment to young and middle-aged adults’ subthreshold depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder. The study has found that childhood maltreatment raises depression risk, which is str