"Why the link between abuse and aggression? "Cumulative experiences of abuse and neglect disrupt both a child's ability to form secure attachments to others and his ability to regulate his emotions, the researchers posit. Thus, men abused as...
Cross-disciplinary investigative teams with a focus on child abuse. "Last year, San Antonio had the highest rate of confirmed child abuse cases in Texas. However, a group of former law enforcement officers is working to change...
Andrea Leadsom , Conservative Member of Parliament, wrote this for The Guardian. The first few paragraphs are presented here, and in the remainder of the post, which you can read on TheGuardian.co.uk , she discusses the Oxford Parent Infant...
Community collaboration happening in Charlottesville, VA "Experts from almost 10 different Charlottesville groups have been planning Child Abuse Prevention Month for the past year to keep children safe and guarantee a stronger future.......
"The Choose Respect initiative is about all Alaskans. This year, it is especially about children. Every child who is exposed to domestic violence or sexual assault is a child who has suffered adversity. These adversities pile up on children, like...
"A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown there has been an 11.5% reduction in average levels of discrimination. Led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), the study of England's Time to Change anti-stigma...
"Overall, youth at risk for repetitions had a high prevalence of mental disorder, which increased their risk of repetition by about two-fold. Girls and youth aged 12-13 were more likely to repeat than boys and those older than 13. "These findings...
"Australia has opened a national investigation into child sex abuse, with prime minister Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny.... "Part of the task given to us... is to bear...
"Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the...
"Among Kelly Cameron’s childhood memories is the image of her stepfather pressing a gun to the heads of her toddler sisters. "That’s how he tried to keep her mother from leaving him. He threatened to kill two girls, ages 2 and 3.... "Jay...
EightArizonaPBS webpage on ACEs. " Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can last a lifetime, but they don't have to. Early exposure to family violence, abusive treatment, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse, or separated/divorced parents can lead to...
More than 200 people will gather in the studios of the local PBS station in Phoenix next Tuesday to attend "Creating Safe Environments -- Advocacy, Prevention, and Support for Children in Arizona". And, if you're not one of those 200,...
If we can help parents and children through simple educational programs in schools, PTA newsletters and the like understand the impacts of secondhand drinking | drugging, we just may be able to help a child avoid developing the brain changes...
Abstract: We examined the prevalence of childhood (≤18 years) physical and sexual abuse reported among patients admitted to the psychiatric inpatient service and the differential rates of this abuse associated with psychiatric diagnoses. This study...
"It's rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls under 15 get pregnant each year.......