http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—There were almost 32,000 substantiated cases of severe abuse, neglect and violence in Australia last year with some children dying as a result. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, the age group most likely to be murdered is 0-12 months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-homeless-abused-children-benefit-animal-assisted.html Health Fri, 31 May 2013 07:10:02 EST news289201935 Young urban black women who are exposed to severe abuse within their families are much more likely to be victims of dating violence, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-severe-abuse-home-linked-dating.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:06:40 EST news278071592 (HealthDay)—Physicians should screen all women of childbearing age for signs of domestic violence and refer them for treatment if necessary, a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-task-urges-routine-screening-women.html Health Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:18:39 EST news278011108 New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict which soldiers develop the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-embattled-childhoods-real-trauma-soldiers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:28:26 EST news272554089 Men with divorced parents are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke than men from intact families, shows a new study from the University of Toronto. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-parental-divorce-linked-males.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:36:51 EST news266755004 A new study shows that a therapeutic intervention called Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) appears to improve the mental and physical health of adolescents in foster care. CBCT is a tool that provides strategies for people to develop more compassionate attitudes toward themselves and others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-children-foster-resilience-compassion.html Health Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:40:09 EST news262024796 A leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder is guilt that troops experience because of moral dilemmas faced in combat, according to preliminary findings of a study of active-duty Marines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-guilt-factor-ptsd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:10:01 EST news242383054 Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-maltreated-children-pattern-brain-combat.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:34:26 EST news242310845 More than 1 in 4 children have been exposed to physical violence between their parents at some time, 1 in 9 of them during the past year, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-children-exposed-family-violence.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:41:14 EST news238074057 (PhysOrg.com) -- New University of Otago, Christchurch, research has identified common factors in the far-reaching childhood behavioural conditions, Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), including maternal smoking during pregnancy and exposure to family violence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-pregnancy-factor-childhood-behavioural-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:57:33 EST news223117021