Child Abuse - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess whether a change in depression predicts a mother's change in maltreatment. DESIGN: Observational, repeated measures study. SETTING: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being, 1999 to 2004. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers who ... Read more...

Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Child abuse is a serious threat to the physical and psychosocial well-being of the pediatric population. Musculoskeletal injuries are common manifestations of child abuse. There have been multiple studies that have attempted to identify ... Read more...

Lifetime physical and sexual abuse and the risk for depression symptoms in the first 8 months after birth.

30 Aug 2009 Despite the growing body of evidence on the significance of postpartum depression, little research has explored the contribution of lifetime or current abuse to postpartum depression. One hundred-thirty-nine women were assessed during their third ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Abuse - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services. 29 Sep 2009
• Toxic sequelae of childhood sexual abuse. 29 Sep 2009
• Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center. 30 Aug 2009
• Lifetime physical and sexual abuse and the risk for depression symptoms in the first 8 months after birth. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood abuse and common complaints in pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Protective effect of CRHR1 gene variants on the development of adult depression following childhood maltreatment: replication and extension. 30 Aug 2009
• Juvenile suicide in confinement--findings from the first national survey. 30 Jul 2009
• Tending victims, tackling crime. A northwestern Minnesota hospital takes on violence and abuse. 30 Jul 2009
• Mediating and moderating processes in the relation between maltreatment and psychopathology: mother-child relationship quality and emotion regulation. 30 Jul 2009
• Epidemiology of child traumatic stress. 30 Jul 2009
• Commentary on fathers and children and maltreatment: relationships matter most. 30 Jul 2009
• Fathers and maternal risk for physical child abuse. 30 Jul 2009
• Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement. 30 Jul 2009
• Fathers, physical child abuse, and neglect: advancing the knowledge base. 30 Jul 2009
• Characteristics of infant homicides: findings from a U.S. multisite reporting system. 18 Jul 2009
• Association of substance use disorders with childhood trauma but not African genetic heritage in an African American cohort. 13 Jul 2009
• Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: results from a regional representative survey. 13 Jul 2009
• Protecting Pakistan's children. 9 Jul 2009
• To unfold a hidden epidemic: prevalence of child maltreatment and its health implications among high school students in Guangzhou, China. 5 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Child Abuse'

Definition: Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D002649

Alternative terms: Child Abuse; Abuse, Child; Abuses, Child; Child Abuses; Child Neglect; Neglect, Child;

Related Mesh Headings: Shaken Baby Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; diagnosis; mortality; rehabilitation; therapy;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.856.350.250; I01.880.735.900.350.250; I01.880.787.293.292;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: check also tag CHILD or specific