OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of abuse and neglect among a population of children identified as a function of an existing disability, relate specific types of disabilities to specific types of abuse, and to determine the effect of abuse and neglect on academic achievement and attendance rates for children with and without disabilities. METHOD An electronic merger of school records with ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the increased Medicaid expenditures associated with child maltreatment. METHODS Data on child maltreatment were collected from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a nationally representative sample of cases investigated or assessed by local Child Protective Services agencies between October 1999 and December 2000. Medicaid claims data for 2000 to 2003...

AIMS To identify any association between sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) and maltreatment within local families. METHODS Retrospective enquiry and subsequent follow up of all siblings and later births within the families. Full investigation of the circumstances of all unexpected deaths. SETTING Scarborough and Bridlington Health Districts and Trusts, North and East Yorkshire. SU...

BACKGROUND Transition into adulthood is a critical developmental period that may be influenced by adverse life events as well as by protective factors. This study aimed at investigating the effect of different forms of child maltreatment experienced prior to age 14 (i.e., sexual abuse, physical abuse and exposure to intimate partner violence), and of friend support at age 14 on the psychologica...

Animal maltreatment, typically under the rubric of “animal cruelty,” sometimes enters the psychiatric literature as a manifestation of psychopathology or in relationship to aggression against humans. In this book, animal maltreatment is cast more broadly to include physical abuse, sexual abuse, hoarding, and neglect of animals. Rather than animal abuse or cruelty, deliberate physical abuse is d...

BACKGROUND The adverse childhood experience (ACE) study found that risk for depression increased as a function of number of types of childhood maltreatment, and interpret this as a result of cumulative stress. An alternative hypothesis is that risk depends on type and timing of maltreatment. This will also present as a linear increase, since exposure to more types of abuse increases likelihood ...

OBJECTIVE Approximately 2000 children die annually in the United States from maltreatment. Although maternal and child risk factors for child abuse have been identified, the role of household composition has not been well-established. Our objective was to evaluate household composition as a risk factor for fatal child maltreatment. METHODOLOGY Population-based, case-control study using data f...

BACKGROUND Recording concerns about child maltreatment, including minor concerns, is recommended by the General Medical Council (GMC) and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) but there is evidence of substantial under-recording. AIM To determine whether a simple coding strategy improved recording of maltreatment-related concerns in electronic primary care records. DE...

OBJECTIVE Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at heightened risk for maltreatment in childhood and criminality as they enter into adolescence and early adulthood. Here, we investigated the effect of moderate to severe childhood maltreatment on later criminality among adolescents/young adults diagnosed with ADHD in childhood while accounting for the contributions of...

BACKGROUND Studies have provided evidence that both childhood maltreatment and depressive disorders are associated with shortened telomere lengths. However, as childhood maltreatment is a risk factor for depression, it remains unclear whether this may be driving shortened telomere lengths observed amongst depressed patients. Furthermore, it's unclear if the effects of maltreatment on telomere l...