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New report finds that effects of child abuse and neglect, if untreated, can last a lifetime
The Washington Post: In the first major study of child abuse and neglect in 20 years, researchers with the National Academy of Sciences reported Thursday that the damaging consequences of abuse can not only reshape
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Child Abuse Witness Status, Gender, Adult Victimization Risk and Adult Victimization Acknowledgement
Witnessing abuse as a child and adult IPV or rape victimization acknowledgement were assessed. Male witnesses reported higher victimization than non-witnesses. Male and female witnesses were more likely than non-witnesses to acknowledge physical victimization. Male
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Cicchetti Wins 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize
APS Fellow Dante Cicchetti, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, was awarded the 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for his research on the consequences of child maltreatment and neglect. For over 30 years, Cicchetti has
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PTSD Risk From Combat Linked With Childhood Violence: Study
Scientific American: War is hell. And for many soldiers, the experience leaves lasting scars. And not just physical ones. A subset of veterans develop posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD. But it might not be only
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Who’s most susceptible to PTSD?
Pacific Standard: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president who led the United States into the depths of total war and back out again, has a little-visited memorial on the far side of the Tidal Basin in
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Soldiers’ stress may start early
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Childhood abuse and previous exposure to violence may raise a soldier’s risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says. Researchers followed 746 Danish soldiers before, during, and after deployment
