BACKGROUND Previous research has documented a relationship between child sexual abuse and alcohol dependence. This paper extends that work by providing a comprehensive description of past year and lifetime alcohol consumption patterns, consequences, and dependence among women reporting either physical and sexual abuse in a national sample. METHODS This study used survey data from 3,680 women ...

epidemiology and characteristics. Dentists are likely to encounter physical abuse, sexual abuse, health care neglect, dental neglect, and safety neglect. Approximately 1% of children are abused or neglected each year in the United States. The incidence of each type in 1980 is recorded in Table 2.2 Physical Abuse Dentists are in a strategic position to recognize mistreated children. While the de...

INTRODUCTION Head trauma is an important consequence of child abuse. Specific pathophysiological mechanisms in child abuse are responsible for the "whiplash shaken-baby syndrome", which would favour the occurrence of intracranial hemorrhages. CASE REPORT We report the case of a child who developed epidural hematoma following minor-intensity head trauma. Initial diagnosis of child abuse was ma...

What exactly do you do as a Psycho-therapist in a Child Guidance Clinic? How would you define your function and are there special factors operating in Child Guidance Clinic treatment? Is there a particular quality in the relationship between therapist and child, and are there limitations peculiar to therapy in the Child Guidance Clinic? These are questions we are increasingly being asked as the...