Child abuse: we have problems

What have we learned about treating child physical abuse? A literature review of the last decade.

A literature review of articles on treatment of physically abused children and treatment of physically abused parents was undertaken. Only articles that had more than five subjects in the sample, at least 15% of the children in the sample having been physically abused and either pretest, posttest; comparison group; or randomization between different treatments used in the design were selected. ...

Child abuse in Kuwait: problems in management.

OBJECTIVES To explore the extent of child abuse in Kuwait and examine the difficulties associated with its management. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of the 60,640 medical records of children admitted to Al-Amiri and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospitals, Kuwait, between 1991 and 1998 was done. RESULTS Of the 60,640 records, 16 children showed evidence of abuse. Of these, the perpetrat...

Negligence and Child Abuse

با وجود هرگونه رفتار خشونت آمیز با کودکان یا نوجوانان توسط والدین، محافظین و مراقبین دیگر را سوءرفتار گویند. رفتار نادرست با کودکان همیشه وجود داشته گرچه ممکن است با خواندن مقاله های جدید اینطور تصور شد که سوءرفتار با کودکان پدیده ای جدید و مربوط به قرن بیستم است ولی متاسفانه کودکان در تمام قرون مورد سوءرفتار قرار می گرفتند. در قرن بیستم که به عبارتی قرن کودک لقب گرفته، کشتارهای ساکت زیادی بوقو...

GPs have a vital role in recognising child abuse.

Child abuse--we must increase our level of suspicion.

CHILD abuse is often obvious. Occasionally, however its manifestations are not recognised or are easily overlooked. This paper describes three children to whom there was serious child abuse and in each there was a variable degree of diagnostic difficulty. The case reports are presented and comments offered which may help in the recognition and management of future cases. Several common adverse ...