Child Abuse and Neglect: Are Cases Increasing or Decreasing After 50+ Years of Paediatric Attention?

Child Abuse and Neglect: Are Cases Increasing or Decreasing After 50+ Years of Paediatric Attention?

After more than 5 decades of attention to child abuse and neglect or more generically, child maltreatment, in the peer reviewed literature, the question remains, “have we made a dent in the number of children who are abused or neglected?” In order, to construct an answer that is straightforward question, we need to start with clear definitions and trustworthy statistics so that we can be clear ...

Demographic and clinical features of child abuse and neglect cases.

The aim of this study was to present child abuse and neglect (CAN) cases of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. The charts of all the patients seen at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic between 2000 and 2004 were screened regarding the presence of CAN. The mean age of the children was 10.9 years. The offender was generally an extra...

Child abuse and neglect.

Child Abuse and Neglect

Child abuse and neglect.

he publication of “The Battered Child” by C. Henry Kempe and coworkers introduced child maltreatment (CM) to the pediatric literature, and in the 46 years following its publication, the knowledge in the field has expanded. CM pervades every area of pediatrics. Pediatricians are mandated reporters and play an important role in the identification of child abuse and neglect. This article seeks to ...