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 4 (2008), Issue 5 (May)

1. Disparities in child abuse victimization in lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women in the Nurses' Health Study II.
   J Womens Health (Larchmt), 17(4): 597-606. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Demographics of abusive head trauma in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
   J Neurosurg Pediatrics, 1(5): 351-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Emerging aspects of rabies infection: with a special emphasis on children.
   Curr Opin Infect Dis, 21(3): 251-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Obesity and type 2 diabetes risk in midadult life: the role of childhood adversity.
   Pediatrics, 121(5): e1240-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Age of methylphenidate treatment initiation in children with ADHD and later substance abuse: prospective follow-up into adulthood.
   Am J Psychiatry, 165(5): 604-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Substance use disorders among adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders.
   Bipolar Disord, 10(4): 469-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring.
   Pediatrics, 121(5): e1357-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A media campaign prevention program for child sexual abuse: community members' perspectives.
   J Interpers Violence, 23(6): 728-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Synergistic effects of child abuse and intimate partner violence on depressive symptoms in women.
   Prev Med, 46(5): 463-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Parental methamphetamine abuse and children.
    J Pediatr Health Care, 22(3): 152-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Sexual assault, mental health, and service use among male and female veterans seen in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics: a multi-site study.
    Psychiatry Res, 159(1): 226-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Child abuse in blended households: Reports from runaway and homeless youth.
    Child Abuse Negl. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Antecedents and sequelae of sudden parental death in offspring and surviving caregivers.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 162(5): 403-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Exhibitionism: findings from a Midwestern police contact sample.
    Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, 52(3): 270-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Sexual murderers of children: developmental, precrime, crime, and postcrime factors.
    Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, 52(3): 253-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Genital trauma in children and adolescents.
    Clin Obstet Gynecol, 51(2): 237-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Copper sulphate burns to the hands, a complication of traditional medicine.
    J Burn Care Res, 29(3): 544-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Case-control study of medical comorbidities in women with interstitial cystitis.
    J Urol, 179(6): 2222-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Characteristics of hospital-based Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy in Japan.
    Child Abuse Negl, 32(4): 503-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Interpartner conflict and child abuse risk among African American and Latino adolescent parenting couples.
    Child Abuse Negl, 32(4): 463-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Dimensions of child sexual abuse before age 15 in three Central American countries: Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
    Child Abuse Negl, 32(4): 455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Domestic violence and chronic malnutrition among women and children in India.
    Am J Epidemiol, 167(10): 1188-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A neuropeptide-centric view of psychostimulant addiction.
    Br J Pharmacol, 154(2): 343-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Health-related quality of life among adults who experienced maltreatment during childhood.
    Am J Public Health, 98(6): 1094-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Beyond abuse and exposure: framing the impact of prescription-medication sharing.
    Am J Public Health, 98(6): 1115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Sexual violence victimization history and sexual risk indicators in a community-based urban cohort of "mostly heterosexual" and heterosexual young women.
    Am J Public Health, 98(6): 1015-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Uro-genital bleeding in pre-menarcheal girls: dilemmas of child abuse.
    Pediatr Surg Int, 24(6): 745-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Comparison of brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 196(5): 420-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Natural animal shaking: a model for non-accidental head injury in children?
    Eye, 22(5): 715-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Child sexual abuse and sexually transmitted infections: review of joint genitourinary medicine and paediatric examination practice.
    Int J STD AIDS, 19(5): 349-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Cannabis use and later life outcomes.
    Addiction, 103(6): 969-76; discussion 977-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Puberty as a highly vulnerable developmental period for the consequences of cannabis exposure.
    Addict Biol, 13(2): 253-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Childhood abuse as a risk factor for adolescent pregnancy in El Salvador.
    J Adolesc Health, 42(6): 580-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. 'Compulsory sexuality': a guide to healing?
    Cult Health Sex, 10(4): 345-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Initial psychometric properties of a treatment planning and progress inventory for adolescents who sexually abuse.
    Sex Abuse, 20(2): 161-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Autobiographical memory specificity after manipulating retrieval cues in adults reporting childhood sexual abuse.
    J Abnorm Psychol, 117(2): 444-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Pubic ramus radiolucencies in infants: the good, the bad, and the indeterminate.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(6): 1481-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Childhood sexual abuse by a family member, salivary cortisol, and homicidal behavior of female prison inmates.
    Nurs Res, 57(3): 166-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Is underimmunization associated with child maltreatment?
    Ambul Pediatr, 8(3): 210-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Maternal mental health predicts risk of developmental problems at 3 years of age: follow up of a community based trial.
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 8: 16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The somatically preoccupied patient in primary care: use of attachment theory to strengthen physician-patient relationships.
    Osteopath Med Prim Care, 2: 6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Drug facilitated sexual assault--a review.
    J Forensic Leg Med, 15(5): 291-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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