http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—When teens start dating, parents' worries grow—and experts say that dating violence should be on their list of concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teen-dating-abusive-violent.html Pediatrics Fri, 10 May 2013 12:46:19 EST news287408770 Both daughters and sons from divorced families are significantly more likely to initiate smoking in comparison to their peers from intact families, shows a new analysis of 19,000 Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-children-divorced-parents.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:10:20 EST news282478146 Individuals who drink excessively or are alcohol dependent (AD) have reduced central serotonergic neurotransmission, which can have an impact on planning, judgment, self-control, and emotional regulation. Childhood maltreatment has also been found to have a negative impact on central serotonergic neurotransmission. A new evaluation of the impact of childhood maltreatment on central serotonergic dysfunction in AD individuals has found that self-reported childhood emotional abuse is associated with a 90-percent reduction in central serotonergic neurotransmission in male AD individuals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-childhood-emotional-abuse-strong-male.html Addiction Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:05:54 EST news279302744 (Medical Xpress)—Child physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect is linked to mental health disorders, drug use, suicide attempts, sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behaviour in adulthood, according to a study by researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-child-maltreatment-linked-mental-physical.html Health Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:23:40 EST news273317012 New research suggests that people who were emotionally neglected as children may have a higher risk of stroke in adulthood. The study is published in the September 19, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Emotional neglect is defined as failing to provide for a child's needs emotionally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-emotional-neglect-children-linked-life.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:00:08 EST news267289017 About 5% of children worldwide (around 93 million children) have a moderate or severe disability. Although children with disabilities are thought to be at greater risk of violence, this is the first study to quantify the prevalence and magnitude of that risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-children-disabilities-victims-violence-disabled.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:30:01 EST news261241018 Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a significantly greater prevalence of early adverse life events , including general trauma as well as physical, emotional and sexual abuse, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-childhood-traumatic-adult-ibs-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:31:29 EST news252239483 Accumulating evidence indicates that childhood trauma experience (CTE) may be an environmental susceptibility factor for a variety of psychiatric disorders, including alcohol dependence (AD). CTE can include sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as well as physical or emotional neglect. New research on single and multiple CTE among AD individuals undergoing inpatient detoxification and treatment has found significant rates of reported CTE among these individuals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-childhood-trauma-exposure-common-alcohol-dependent.html Addiction Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:00:09 EST news251033297 Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk of being physically, psychologically, and sexually abused, and of suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by early adulthood, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first study to use a population-based sample to look at gender nonconformity as a risk factor for abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-children-elevated-abuse-future-ptsd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:50:01 EST news248934745 A new position statement issued by the American Academy of Neurology calls on neurologists to begin screening their patients for abusive or violent treatment by family, caretakers or others. The position statement is published in the January 25, 2012, online issue of Neurology.. Types of abuse include elder abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, bullying, cyberbullying and violence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-neurologists-patients-abuse.html Neuroscience Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:06 EST news246710838 Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published today (7 December) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-depressive-symptoms-intimate-partner-violence.html Health Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:51:44 EST news242455895 Suffering from parental abuse as a child increases a person's chances of having poor sleep quality in old age, according to a research article in the current issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences (Volume 66B, Number 3). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-seniors-abused-childhood.html Health Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:50:16 EST news226752606