Anxiety caused by school bullying reduces over time, study says
Depression and anxiety caused by bullying during childhood will decrease over time, a new study suggests.
As reported by the BBC, The University College London study of 11,000 twins found that anxiety problems were still present two years on, but had gone after five years.
The study also said that minimising the effects of school bullying was very important.
The researchers, writing in JAMA Psychiatry, said the results showed the potential for resilience in children exposed to bullying.
The study shows that although the effects of bullying had fallen over time, 16-year-olds who had been bullied at 11-years-old were more likely than those who had not, to have paranoid thoughts.
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