The Intergenerational Impacts of Maternal Child Maltreatment on Adverse Neonatal Outcomes: Evidence From the I-CALM Study
Claudia Bull,
Mike Trott,
Lakshmi Neelakantan,
Natasha Reid,
Rebecca Moran,
Jake Najman,
Anne Edwards,
Steve Kisely,
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research,
Faculty of Health,
Medicine and Behavioural Sciences,
The University of Queensland,
Princess Alexandra Hospital Southside Clinical Unit,
Greater Brisbane Clinical School,
Faculty of Health,
Medicine and Behavioural Sciences,
The University of Queensland,
The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation,
The University of Queensland,
The University of Melbourne,
and University of New South Wales,
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service,
Population Mental Health Unit,
Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing,
School of Population and Global Health,
The University of Melbourne,
Centre for Health Services Research,
The University of Queensland,
Child Health Research Centre,
The University of Queensland,
Big Anxiety Research Centre,
University of New South Wales,
School of Public Health,
The University of Queensland,
School of Social Sciences,
The University of Queensland,
Queensland Family and Child Commission,
Queensland Government,
Departments of Psychiatry,
Community Health and Epidemiology,
Dalhousie University
Child Maltreatment
Published online on May 23, 2026
Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
Child maltreatment (CM) can have profound intergenerational impacts, with maternal CM experiences increasing the risk of adverse outcomes in the next generation. Using data from the Intergenerational Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (I-CALM) ...