For the first time, an East Anglia University (UEA) study has come closer in establishing the number of children that die each year in the UK from maltreatment. The UEA team and researchers from Warwick University were asked by the Government to analyze serious case reviews (SCR) between 2009...
People who experience Childhood Emotional Maltreatment (CEM) are more likely to have troubled romantic relationships in adult years, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. In two separate studies, doctoral candidate Dana Lassri and Prof. Golan Shahar of BGU's...
People who have experienced maltreatment as children are twice as likely to develop both multiple and long-lasting depressive episodes as those without a history of childhood maltreatment, according to a new study. The research, led by a team at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry also...
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' (NAPNAP) Executive Board approved a new NAPNAP Position Statement on Child Maltreatment. Child maltreatment is a major public health concern in the U.S. and has negative consequences on emotional and physical development in children...