A Preliminary Screening Instrument for Early Detection of Medical Child Abuse

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Greiner ◽  
V. J. Palusci ◽  
B. R. Keeshin ◽  
S. C. Kearns ◽  
S. H. Sinal
Poisons ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
David J. George

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonjeong Chae ◽  
Jieun Jang ◽  
Eun-Cheol Park ◽  
Sung-In Jang

Abstract Background: A victim of child abuse can often develop mental illness. The early detection of mental illness of children could be supported by observing sleep quality. Therefore, we examined the relationship between sleep quality and the changes in child abuse by the child’s own parents over the study period. Methods: Data from the 2011-2013 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey was used and 2012 was set as the baseline. Adolescents who had poor sleep quality in 2011 were excluded from the analysis to obtain the final study population of 1,276 adolescents aged 14 and 15 years. The generalized estimating equation model (GEE) was used for statistical analysis.Results: Children who had experienced and/or were currently experiencing child abuse showed significantly poorer sleep quality (current year abuse only: odds ratio [OR] = 0.57, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.41, 0.79; prior year abuse only: OR = 0.72, 95% CI = 0.52, 0.99; continuous abuse: OR = 0.56, 95% CI = 0.39, 0.80) compared to children who had no experience of child abuse. Conclusion: Child abuse remains a traumatic experience that influences the quality of sleep and hinders the child’s proper psychological development. We suggest approaching this issue at both the community and national levels to protect the victims.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Roesler ◽  
Carole Jenny

Powerful new detailed and comprehensive resource for diagnosing and treating medical child abuse. Thomas A. Roesler, MD and Carole Jenny, MD, MBA, FAAP make the case that the term Munchausen syndrome by proxy should be retired permanently and replaced with a commonsense appreciation that children can be abused by their parents in the medical environment. Physicians who find themselves providing unnecessary and harmful medical care can see the abuse for what it is, another way parents can harm children. The book offers the first detailed and comprehensive description of treatment for this form of child maltreatment. “At last. A clear, logical, and immensely practical book, showing that this is not a syndrome at all, but rather another important form of child abuse…and one which is completely preventable.” Kim Oates, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Sydney, Australia. “A fantastic book that will revolutionize, in a much needed way, the way we think about this disorder.” Alex V. Levin, MD, MHSc, FAAP, FAAO, FRCSC, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Genetics, and Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences Director, Postgraduate Bioethics Education University of Toronto. “Drs. Roesler and Jenny have finally mapped the terrain of child abuse showing where medical child abuse stands in the overall landscape.” Thomas L. Dwyer, Director of Foster Care, Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut.


2019 ◽  
pp. 673-701
Author(s):  
Paige Culotta ◽  
Jonathan Thackeray

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