Child abuse Archives

Opioid overdoses linked to child abuse at neighborhood level

Sex abuse triggers early puberty and its problems

Child sexual abuse via the Internet on the rise

Physical, Sexual Child Abuse Dropped in 20 Years; Neglect Not So Much

Healthcare professionals need to look out for fabricated illness in children: McMaster professor

Child maltreatment increases risk of adult obesity

Past abuse leads to loss of gray matter in brains of adolescents

Adolescents who were abused and neglected have less gray matter in some areas of the brain than young people who have not been maltreated, a new Yale School of Medicine study shows.
The brain areas impacted by maltreatment may differ between boys and …