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 5 (2009), Issue 6 (June)

1. Estimated blood alcohol concentrations for child and adolescent drinking and their implications for screening instruments.
   Pediatrics, 123(6): e975-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Childhood abuse, avatar choices, and other risk factors associated with internet-initiated victimization of adolescent girls.
   Pediatrics, 123(6): e1078-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Recidivistic offending and mortality in alcoholic violent offenders: a prospective follow-up study.
   Psychiatry Res, 168(1): 18-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Organizational determinants of outpatient substance abuse treatment duration in women.
   J Subst Abuse Treat, 37(1): 64-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Exploring taboos: comparing male- and female-perpetrated child sexual abuse.
   J Interpers Violence, 24(7): 1111-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Predictors of sexually coercive behavior in a nationally representative sample of adolescent males.
   J Interpers Violence, 24(7): 1129-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The importance of biological samples in longitudinal birth cohort studies.
   Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 23: 93-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Skeletal Aspects of Non-Accidental Injury.
   Endocr Dev, 16: 233-245. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Assessing the effectiveness of the NICHD investigative interview protocol when interviewing French-speaking alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Quebec.
   Child Abuse Negl, 33(5): 257-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Health service access across racial/ethnic groups of children in the child welfare system.
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(5): 282-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Sexual violence and its health consequences for female children in Swaziland: a cluster survey study.
    Lancet, 373(9679): 1966-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Non-accidental head injury in New Zealand: the outcome of referral to statutory authorities.
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(6): 393-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Child maltreatment as a risk factor for opioid dependence: Comparison of family characteristics and type and severity of child maltreatment with a matched control group.
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(6): 343-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The international epidemiology of child sexual abuse: a continuation of Finkelhor (1994).
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(6): 331-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Childhood abuse and current interpersonal conflict: the role of shame.
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(6): 362-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Predicting child maltreatment among Puerto Rican children from migrant and non-migrant families.
    Child Abuse Negl, 33(6): 382-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Individual and community risk factors and sexually transmitted diseases among arrested youths: a two level analysis.
    J Behav Med, 32(4): 303-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The prevalence of injury of any type in an urban emergency department population.
    J Trauma, 66(6): 1688-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Differences between homicide and filicide offenders; results of a nationwide register-based case-control study.
    BMC Psychiatry, 9: 27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Are UK radiologists satisfied with the training and support received in suspected child abuse?
    Clin Radiol, 64(7): 690-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Youth Living With HIV and Partner-Specific Risk for the Secondary Transmission of HIV.
    Sex Transm Dis. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Childhood sexual abuse differentially predicts outcome of cognitive-behavioral therapy for deliberate self-harm.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 197(6): 455-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Quality of early care and childhood trauma: a prospective study of developmental pathways to dissociation.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 197(6): 383-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Dentists' involvement in identification and reporting of child physical abuse: Jordan as a case study.
    Int J Paediatr Dent, 19(4): 291-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Recognizing the co-occurrence of domestic and child abuse: a comparison of community- and hospital-based midwives.
    Health Soc Care Community, 17(4): 358-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Posttraumatic stress symptoms and trajectories in child sexual abuse victims: an analysis of sex differences using the national survey of child and adolescent well-being.
    J Abnorm Child Psychol, 37(5): 727-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Odds of abuse associated with retinal hemorrhages in children suspected of child abuse.
    J AAPOS, 13(3): 268-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Rib fractures identified at post-mortem examination in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI).
    Forensic Sci Int, 189(1): 75-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Unclear loss of consciousness after clobutinol intake.
    Forensic Sci Int, 189(1): e37-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Retinal hemorrhages and shaken baby syndrome: an evidence-based review.
    J Emerg Med, 37(1): 98-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Sexual Abuse in Childhood and the Mentally Disordered Female Offender.
    Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothers.
    BMC Public Health, 9: 159. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Childhood sexual abuse is highly associated with HIV risk-taking behavior and infection among MSM in the EXPLORE Study.
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 51(3): 340-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Childhood Sexual Abuse Is Associated with Reduced Gray Matter Volume in Visual Cortex of Young Women.
    Biol Psychiatry. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Vaginal and endocervical microorganisms in symptomatic and asymptomatic non-pregnant females: risk factors and rates of occurrence.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Policy statement--The future of pediatrics: mental health competencies for pediatric primary care.
    Pediatrics, 124(1): 410-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Child protection outcomes for infants of substance-using mothers: a matched-cohort study.
    Pediatrics, 124(1): 285-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Paternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy are related to excessive infant crying.
    Pediatrics, 124(1): e96-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Predictors of outcome in a cohort of women with chronic pelvic pain - a follow-up study.
    Eur J Pain, 13(7): 769-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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