Child Abuse Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Child Abuse, including details on family violence, examinations, long-term effects, psychiatrics disorders.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 4 (April)

1. Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Conflict Tactics Scales: Parent-child Version (CTSPC) used to identify child abuse.
   Cad Saude Publica, 22(3): 503-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Childhood adversity and psychosocial adjustment in old age.
   Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 14(4): 307-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Reactive attachment disorder in maltreated twins follow-up: from 18 months to 8 years.
   Attach Hum Dev, 8(1): 63-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Self-attributions of blame in sexually abused adolescents: a mediational model.
   J Trauma Stress, 19(1): 153-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-5-HTTLPR gene interactions and environmental modifiers of depression in children.
   Biol Psychiatry, 59(8): 673-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in dissociative identity disorder.
   Am J Psychiatry, 163(4): 630-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Prevalence of dissociative disorders in psychiatric outpatients.
   Am J Psychiatry, 163(4): 623-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Longitudinal follow-up of families and young children with traumatic brain injury.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): 1291-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Funding of child abuse evaluations: survey of child abuse evaluation programs.
   Child Maltreat, 11(2): 182-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Racial variation in self-labeled child abuse and associated internalizing symptoms among adolescents who are high risk.
    Child Maltreat, 11(2): 168-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Exploring consensus in practice with youth who are sexually abusive: findings from a Delphi study of practitioner views in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
    Child Maltreat, 11(2): 146-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Sexual revictimization: the role of sexual self-esteem and dysfunctional sexual behaviors.
    Child Maltreat, 11(2): 131-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Attributional style as a mediator between parental abuse risk and child internalizing symptomatology.
    Child Maltreat, 11(2): 121-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Child maltreatment trends in the 1990s: why does neglect differ from sexual and physical abuse?
    Child Maltreat, 11(2): 107-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Research participants telling the truth about their lives: the ethics of asking and not asking about abuse.
    Am Psychol, 61(3): 218-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Parental verbal abuse: culture-specific coping behavior of college students in the Philippines.
    Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 36(3): 243-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Factor structure and validity of the parenting stress index-short form.
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 35(2): 302-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Update on child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and prevention.
    Curr Opin Pediatr, 18(2): 201-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Relation of childhood sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatment to 12-month postoperative outcomes in extremely obese gastric bypass patients.
    Obes Surg, 16(4): 454-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The Self-Injury Questionnaire: evaluation of the psychometric properties in a clinical population.
    J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 13(2): 221-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Severity of child sexual abuse, post- traumatic stress and risky sexual behaviors among HIV-positive women.
    AIDS Behav, 10(2): 191-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. HIV knowledge and sexual risk behaviors of street children in Takoradi, Ghana.
    AIDS Behav, 10(2): 209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Fear of childbirth and history of abuse: implications for pregnancy and delivery.
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 85(4): 435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Towards malecentric communication: sensitizing health professionals to the realities of male childhood sexual abuse survivors.
    Issues Ment Health Nurs, 27(5): 499-517. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Substance-abusing mothers and disruptions in child custody: an attachment perspective.
    J Subst Abuse Treat, 30(3): 197-204. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Sexual and physical abuse among Korean female inpatients with schizophrenia.
    J Trauma Stress, 19(2): 279-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Child sexual abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of age at first use of substances and lifetime traumatic events.
    J Trauma Stress, 19(2): 269-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Domestic violence exposure in Colombian adolescents: pathways to violent and prosocial behavior.
    J Trauma Stress, 19(2): 257-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Differential relationships of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes to PTSD symptom clusters among adolescent inpatients.
    J Trauma Stress, 19(2): 229-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Domestic violence: a complex health care issue for dentistry today.
    Forensic Sci Int, 159: S121-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The medical and ethical aspects of photography in the sexual assault examination: why does it offend?
    J Clin Forensic Med, 13(4): 194-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Infant mandibular fractures: are you considering child abuse?
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 22(3): 181-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Health care providers' opinions on intimate partner violence resources and screening in a pediatric emergency department.
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 22(3): 150-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Reasonable suspicion: a pilot study of pediatric residents.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 345-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Urgent medical assessment after child sexual abuse.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 367-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Approaches to child protection case management for cases involving people with disabilities.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 381-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Childhood emotional abuse and disordered eating among undergraduate females: mediating influence of alexithymia and distress.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 393-407. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Perceived neighborhood social disorder and residents' attitudes toward reporting child physical abuse.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 357-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Animal cruelty by children exposed to domestic violence.
    Child Abuse Negl, 30(4): 425-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Reproductive health care and family planning needs among incarcerated women.
    Am J Public Health, 96(5): 834-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Biology, childhood trauma, and murder: rethinking justice.
    Int J Law Psychiatry, 29(3): 220-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Child sexual abuse in Henan province, China: associations with sadness, suicidality, and risk behaviors among adolescent girls.
    J Adolesc Health, 38(5): 544-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Can childhood trauma predict response to topiramate in borderline personality disorder?
    J Clin Pharm Ther, 31(2): 193-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Operationalizing the concept of resilience in child neglect: case study research.
    Child Care Health Dev, 32(3): 303-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Post-traumatic stress disorder and amygdala-hippocampectomy.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 113(4): 360-3; discussion 363-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. The use of combination subtyping in the forensic evaluation of a three-year-old girl with gonorrhea.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 25(5): 461-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Bruising and bleeding in infants and children--a practical approach.
    Br J Haematol, 133(3): 221-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Red flags during home visitation: infants and toddlers.
    J Community Health Nurs, 23(2): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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