Unit 9: Child Abuse and Neglect Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance
Center Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Curriculum Discusses the four main types of child maltreatment — physical abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse — and ways to identify maltreatment.
In a first - of - its - kind effort to illuminate the biochemical
impact of trauma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical
Center have discovered a connection between the quantity of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, known as CB1 receptors, and post-traumatic stress disorder, the chronic, disabling condition that can plague trauma
victims with flashbacks, nightmares and emotional instability.
Working With Specific Populations National Online Resource
Center on Violence Against Women Lists resources that address the various issues that
impact the lives of
victims and survivors in specific populations.