120 years on: voices on child abuse.

120 years on: voices on child abuse.

A cry for help "It can't have been very bad because they only gave me a year's probation." She sat back, squat and seeming self satisfied. She showed me how she had held him down with her left arm as she put her right hand over his face and mouth. Yes he did struggle, but the left arm pinned him down. Her other child had died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 9 months. If she had been a m...

Nine years after child sexual abuse.

OBJECTIVE During 1988-1990, 103 children presented to Child Protection Units (CPU) at two children's hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Nine years later, the psychological adjustment of these young people (mean age=19.1 years, SD=3.4 years; range=14-25 years) was compared with that of non-abused young people of similar age and gender to assess group differences and examine potential risk factors. ...

Child sexual abuse: seven years in practice.

The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of sexually abused children. The records of 101 cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) were retrospectively evaluated. Socio-demographic characteristics of the victims, type of sexual abuse, and psychiatric diagnosis were studied. Of the victims, 56.4% (n = 57) were female and 43.6% (n = 44) were male. The mean age was ...

child abuse; causes and effects (with emphasis on family abuse)

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Commentary on child abuse and neglect.