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(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. http://www.physorg.com/news179595240.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:50:01 EST news179595240 (PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust may not be as influential in shaping these mothers` unions. http://www.physorg.com/news178822616.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news178822616 The rates of non-familial sex crimes against children under the age of 12 are no higher during the Halloween season than at any other times of the year, according to a study published in the September issue of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment the official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (published by SAGE). The findings raise questions about the wisdom of law enforcement practices aimed at dealing with a problem that does not appear to exist. http://www.physorg.com/news175442514.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:02 EST news175442514 Fueling the debate over the controversial psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit is challenging claims by two Harvard University psychiatrists. At issue is how to prove whether the memories of trauma, such as childhood sexual abuse, can be repressed and then resurface later in life. Cheit's paper, co-authored by Rachel E. Goldsmith of Reed College and Mary E. Wood of University of Oregon, appears in the current issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. http://www.physorg.com/news166205070.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:20:06 EST news166205070 African-American women who were younger at menarche, or the onset of their menstrual periods, were more likely to report a history of childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study led by a researcher at Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center. The results suggest that a history of sexual abuse may increase the risk of early menarche (i.e., onset of menstrual periods before age 12 years). http://www.physorg.com/news161869438.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 12:44:29 EST news161869438 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -but not exposure to traumatic events without the development of PTSD -may be associated with subsequent attempted suicide in young adults, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news155235531.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:59:20 EST news155235531 When a child experiences a traumatic event, such as sexual abuse, it may not be until well into adulthood that they remember the incident. It is not known how adults are able to retrieve long-forgotten memories of abuse and there has been some controversy as to the authenticity of these reports. http://www.physorg.com/news152805559.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:59:51 EST news152805559 Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are more likely than women to contemplate taking their own lives. http://www.physorg.com/news148907836.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:16 EST news148907836 (PhysOrg.com) -- Men who engage in risky sexual behavior with other men report much higher rates than average of experiencing severe childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study in the November issue of the International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. http://www.physorg.com/news148149327.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:35:27 EST news148149327 Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. A professor of theology and religious sciences at the Université de Montréal, Nadon has conducted dozens of interviews with women who were sexually abused as children and found the impact of religious beliefs can produce varying reactions. http://www.physorg.com/news147975534.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:18:54 EST news147975534 Boys who experienced childhood physical or sexual abuse are more likely to use sexually coercive behavior against an unwilling female partner when they are adolescents and young adults. http://www.physorg.com/news143811263.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:34:23 EST news143811263 Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only to maternal asthma in all the risk factors tested, including paternal asthma and indicators of socioeconomic status. http://www.physorg.com/news139215368.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:56:08 EST news139215368 By the age of 18 years, two in every five South African schoolboys report being forced to have sex, mostly by female perpetrators. A new study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal for Equity in Health, reveals the shocking truth about endemic sexual abuse of male children that has been suspected but until now only poorly documented. http://www.physorg.com/news136527744.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:22:24 EST news136527744