By Miriam Stoppard Why has it taken so long to connect poor teen mental health to being bullied? It seems to me that the likely harms such as anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and anger would be exacerbated by being bullied. A new study, believed to be the first, and co-led by University of California Los Angeles Health (UCLA) and Glasgow University, found that teenagers who develop a strong distrust of other people as a result of childhood bullying, are substantially more likely to have mental health problems later on when compared to those who don’t have problems with interpersonal trust. R…
