News tagged with child abuse
Pediatricians adopt new term for shaken baby abuse
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific.
New approach needed to tackle child abuse and neglect
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications and children being brought into State care. The arguments for a new approach are set out ...
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Early neglect predicts aggressive behavior in children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Children who are neglected before their second birthday display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published today in the journal Pediatrics.
Child Abuse Raises Risk of Illness in Adulthood
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems — but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness ...
Differences in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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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 ...
Dentists urged to take a role in identifying children suffering from neglect
Aug 18, 2009 |
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A new policy urging dentists to check for tell-tale signs of neglect when treating children with severe oral disease has been published.
Authorities fail to recognize emotionally scarred brothers and sisters of child abuse victims
Mar 06, 2008 |
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In many cases, when abusive parents with multiple children target just one child for emotional or physical cruelty, authorities often remove the abused child from the home and return the non-abused siblings.
Complex questions asked by defense lawyers linked to convictions in child abuse trials
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Defendants in child abuse cases are more likely to be convicted if their defense lawyer uses complicated language when interrogating young victims according to new research out of the University of Toronto and the University ...
Nurse tries to adopt patient's child
Jan 25, 2008 |
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The Manitoba College of Registered Nurses disciplined a Canadian nurse for trying to adopt the child of one of her patients.
Sexual abuse: Faith can silence victims or provide solace
Dec 08, 2008 |
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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 ...
New protocol to help in testimony of child victims
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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Psychology Professor Mireille Cyr has adapted an interview protocol from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) that will enable child victims of sexual abuse to provide better testimony in Quebec ...
How multiple childhood maltreatments lead to greater adolescent binge drinking
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University found that multiple types of child maltreatment are robust risk factors for underage binge drinking based on a national multi-year study that explored the influence of social environment ...
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