Adolescents who were physically abused or sexually abused were more likely to engage in non-suicidal self-injury than their non-abused counterparts, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto and ...
May 4, 2017
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Over the past two weeks, a number of commentators have called for the removal of Aboriginal children with sexually transmissible infections (STIs) from their families. This has resulted from the wrongful conflating of rates ...
Mar 15, 2018
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When adolescents who have experienced maltreatment use alcohol and drugs to cope with their negative feelings, their risk of developing problematic substance use is greatly increased, a new study has found.
Jul 1, 2024
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Providing economic relief to struggling families can lead to another positive effect—fewer cases of child neglect, according to new research by the University of Washington.
Jan 26, 2021
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The rate of abuse among children and adolescents by individuals in organizations that serve youth, including schools and recreational groups, was small compared with rates of abuse by family members and other adults, according ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Child sexual abuse is committed by strangers more than one-quarter of the time. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden reviewed the records of 196 men who had been convicted of child sexual abuse ...
Oct 22, 2012
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Each year, many older Australians experience abuse, neglect or financial exploitation, usually at the hands of their adult children or other close relatives.
Nov 10, 2023
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Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among children in China are a growing public health concern. Two new studies by researchers of the International Program at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at ...
Dec 14, 2012
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A new study by two researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work has shown that parents who chronically neglect their children contribute to the likelihood that they will develop aggressive and delinquent ...
Apr 21, 2015
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The first time Alise Hegle saw her daughter again after her birth was 11 months later at a court-ordered, supervised visit.
Jan 7, 2015
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