Tue February 26, 2013 Bullying And Psychiatric Illness Linked
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE
from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but
maybe you just need a few moms in your corner. Every week, we
check in with a diverse group of parents for their common sense
and savvy advice. Today, we want to return to an issue that's
been a part of childhood for decades, if not forever, but which
has lately become the subject of much national concern. We're
talking again about bullying, and we're talking about it because
parents, educators and policymakers have become aware of just
how traumatic bullying can be for young people. Now, though, a
new study shows that these damaging effects can follow people to
adulthood. The new study published last week in the Journal of
the American Medical Association's JAMA Psychiatry followed
almost 1,500 children and found both victims and perpetrators of
bullying had higher rates of psychiatric disorders as adults. We
wanted to t