Psychology & Psychiatry
Tracking the impact of early abuse and neglect
Children who experience abuse and neglect early in life are more likely to have problems in social relationships and underachieve academically as adults.
Jan 17, 2018
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Pediatrics
Study suggests social workers lack tools to identify potential chronic child neglect
Neglect accounts for more than 75 percent of all child protection cases in the United States, yet, despite this alarming frequency, child welfare workers lack effective assessment tools for identifying the associated risk ...
Dec 14, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Unemployment triggers increase in child neglect, according to new research
The number of reported cases of child neglect in the United States of America increased as a result of the spike in unemployment following the financial crisis of 2007-08, according to new Oxford University research. The ...
Nov 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neglect and abuse in childhood could have long-term economic consequences
People who suffer neglect and abuse in childhood are much more likely to have time off work due to long-term sickness and less likely to own their own homes when they reach middle age than their peers, according to new research ...
Dec 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Abuse as a child brings a lifetime burden—study finds a third of self-harm due to abuse
Child maltreatment contributes up to a third of depression, self-harm and anxiety, the first Australian study to calculate the burden of child abuse on society has found.
Nov 17, 2015
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Pediatrics
Military deployment tied to greater odds of child abuse, neglect
(HealthDay)—Young children of U.S. Army soldiers may have a higher risk of abuse or neglect during and just after a parent is deployed abroad, a new study finds.
Nov 12, 2015
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Health
Failing to provide for kids leads to aggression and delinquency
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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Health
Lack of proper national policy to get UK kids more active is mass 'child neglect'
The failure of successive governments to implement a comprehensive national policy to get UK kids more active and stave off the litany of health and other problems their sedentary lifestyle is storing up for them, is mass ...
Dec 9, 2013
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Health
Too little known on how primary care docs can prevent child abuse
(HealthDay)—A lack of research makes it impossible to recommend how primary care doctors can prevent abuse and neglect of children who show no signs or symptoms of maltreatment, according to a new U.S. Preventive Services ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Study examines risk factors in recurrent child abuse, neglect
(Medical Xpress)—The shorter the intervals between previous child maltreatment incidents, the greater the likelihood that the child will experience abuse or neglect in the future, suggests a new study by a social work professor ...
May 7, 2013
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