Sentences with phrase «as maltreated children»

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Boys who have been physically maltreated and neglected as children, as well as those who have been victims of physical or sexual assault, have been forced to have sexual contact against their will or have been victims of incest are vastly more likely to become fathers as teenagers than other teenage males (for review, see Kiselika, 2008, pp42 - 44)

Lead author Ramesh Raghavan, PhD, associate professor at the Brown School and of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, examined Medicaid records from 36 states for 1,921 children in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being, whom caseworkers had identified as having been maltreated, and who had received Medicaid - funded services.

«If a mom who was maltreated as a child can sustain some strong beliefs in her competency as a mom, then it may help break the cycle of abuse and buffer her children against that kind of experience she had.

A study in 2002 found that men with MAOA - L who had been maltreated as children were more likely to exhibit antisocial behaviour than those with a similar background who had the normal MAOA gene.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Stephen Magura and Alexandre Laudet argue that in - utero exposure to cocaine and other drugs can lead to congenital deficits that may make a child more difficult to care for and, therefore, more prone to being maltreated.9 Parenting skills can also suffer among substance - abusing parents, who may be insufficiently responsive to their infants.10 Caregivers who abuse substances also may place a higher priority on their drug use than on caring for their children, which can lead them to neglect their children's needs for such things as food, clothing, hygiene, and medical care.

As noted previously, only 32 % of the maltreated children saw their primary support on a daily basis, 18 % reported seeing their primary support on a monthly basis, and 20 % reported seeing their primary support semiannually or less often.

Maltreated children with the s / s genotype and no positive supports had the highest depression ratings, scores that were twice as high as the non-maltreated comparison children with the same genotype.

As depicted in Fig. 4, the amount of contact maltreated children had with their primary support interacted significantly with genotype in predicting children's depression scores.

Maltreated children with the s / s genotype and low social supports had markedly elevated depression scores, ratings that were approximately twice as high as those of CCs with the same genotype and social support profile (high - risk CC, 15.0 ± 8.3; high - risk maltreated, 30.Maltreated children with the s / s genotype and low social supports had markedly elevated depression scores, ratings that were approximately twice as high as those of CCs with the same genotype and social support profile (high - risk CC, 15.0 ± 8.3; high - risk maltreated, 30.maltreated, 30.0 ± 12.3).

Within the maltreated group, the children with l / l or l / s genotype had only slight elevations in their depression scores compared with CCs, but the children with s / s, the most vulnerable genotype, had depression scores that were twice as high as the depression scores of the CC children with the same genotype (maltreatment plus s / s genotype, 27.2 ± 13.0; CC plus s / s genotype, 13.1 ± 6.4) and almost twice as high as the depression scores of the maltreated children with the other genotypes.

Recent retrospective and prospective studies have identified strong associations between cumulative traumatic childhood events, such as child maltreatment and family dysfunction, and adult physical disease, such as adult heart disease, liver disease, autoimmune diseases and sexually transmitted infections.36 - 41 Mental health disease and the use of psychotropic medications are also greater in adults who had been maltreated as children.42 - 45

Although the research on resilience in foster children specifically is sorely lacking, studies of maltreated children suggest that maltreated children who exhibit resilience have high cognitive competence, self - esteem, and ego control (including flexibility, planfulness, persistence, and reflection).30 Thus, foster children, who have an increased likelihood of experiencing multiple risk factors such as poverty, maltreatment, and separation from family of origin, may have more positive outcomes if they are fortunate enough to also experience protective factors.

Although other fields have used synthetic cohort life tables to document the cumulative risk of experiencing an event, no such attempts have been made using official child maltreatment data.23 Therefore, the purpose of this study was to use synthetic cohort life tables to determine the percentage of US children confirmed as maltreated according to CPS from birth to 18 years of age.

Childhood maltreatment is associated with significantly higher rates of mortality,1 - 3 obesity,1,4 - 7 and human immunodeficiency virus infection.1, 8 Children who experience maltreatment also have significantly more mental health problems1,9 - 14 and are as much as 5 times more likely to attempt suicide.1, 15 Maltreated children are also more likely to engage in criminal behavior than other children1, 16,17 and are more than 50 % more likely to have a juvenile record than other children.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial sociaChildren who experience maltreatment also have significantly more mental health problems1,9 - 14 and are as much as 5 times more likely to attempt suicide.1, 15 Maltreated children are also more likely to engage in criminal behavior than other children1, 16,17 and are more than 50 % more likely to have a juvenile record than other children.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial sociachildren are also more likely to engage in criminal behavior than other children1, 16,17 and are more than 50 % more likely to have a juvenile record than other children.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial sociachildren1, 16,17 and are more than 50 % more likely to have a juvenile record than other children.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial sociachildren.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial social costs.

For more than 35 years, Dr. Jones Harden has focused on the developmental and mental health needs of young children at environmental risk, specifically children who have been maltreated, are in the foster care system, or have been exposed to multiple family risks such as maternal depression, parent substance use, and poverty.

Some parents who were maltreated in childhood may struggle in prioritizing their children's needs especially if they as parents are under stress.

Training on topics such as infant - toddler development, understanding and addressing the impact of trauma on child development, recognizing developmental delays, promoting stability, and supporting and engaging families of infants and toddlers should be required for all child welfare staff, court personnel, mental health providers, pediatricians, IDEA Part C providers, foster parents, home visiting providers, early care and education providers, and any other stakeholders working with maltreated infants and toddlers.

Maltreated children are 53 % more likely to be arrested as a juvenile and 40 % more likely to commit a violent crime.

Risk factors such as poverty, caregiver mental illness, child maltreatment, single parent, and low maternal education have a cumulative impact: maltreated children exposed to as many as 6 additional risks face a 90 - 100 % likelihood of having one or more delays in their cognitive, language, or emotional development.

Up to 65 % of maltreated children develop PTSD; as many as 90 % of infants and children acquire anxious and disorganized attachment patterns.

This study discusses whether disparities in school adjustment can be observed in maltreated foster children as early as kindergarten and first grade.

Among maltreated children, the proportion reported as neglected increased from 49 percent in 1990 to 75 percent in 2014, while those reported as sexually abused declined from 17 to 8 percent, and the share reported as physically abused declined from 27 to 17 percent.

What is missing from these contributions is a consideration of attachment in more extreme populations, such as maltreated or severely deprived young children.

From the traditional attachment theory viewpoint, therapy for children who are maltreated and described as having attachment problems emphasizes providing a stable environment and taking a calm, sensitive, nonintrusive, nonthreatening, patient, predictable, and nurturing approach toward children, (Haugaard, 2004a [17] Nichols, Lacher & May, 2004 [18]-RRB-.

Peers, teachers, and mothers independently evaluated the maltreated group of children as being more disliked, less popular, and more socially withdrawn than the nonmaltreated group in every year of evaluation, with the magnitude of difference growing over time.

Several reports have highlighted the inadequacies of the UK's care system and the high costs associated with implementing new services6 as well as the increasing costs that are associated with cycling placements or returns to care.7 Additionally, existing analyses have emphasised the challenges in conducting economic evaluations of interventions aimed at improving outcomes for maltreated children, which include the need for a long - term perspective, accounting for the context - specific nature of interventions, 8 and overcoming obstacles of cross-comparison due to variations in methods, samples etc..9

Narrative representations of caregivers and emotional dysregulation as predictors of maltreated children's rejection by peers

year Publication year, N total sample size, #ES amount of effect sizes, AC child age category of the child at the start of the program, Design research design, PCDC parent child development centers, CB community - based, CPEP child — parent enrichment project, FGDM family group decision making, HS healthy start, PCIT parent — child interaction therapy, CBFRS community - based family resource service, PUP parents under pressure, SEEK safe environment for every kid, HF healthy families, STEP systematic training for effective parenting, TPBP teen parents and babies program, TEEP Turkish early enrichment project, IFPS intensive family preservation services, ACT adults and children together, CBT cognitive behavioral therapy, PSBCT parent skills with behavioral couples therapy, PCTT parents and children talking together, FIRST family information, referral and support team, NFP nurse family partnership, HSYC healthy steps for young children, REACH resources, education and care in the home, PMD parents make the difference, CPC child — parent center, MST - BSF multisystemic therapy — building stronger families, PriCARE primary child — adult relationship enhancement, SSTP stepping stones Triple P, CAMP Colorado adolescent maternity program, STEEP steps toward effective and enjoyable parenting, FGC family group conferences, MST - CAN multisystemic therapy for child abuse and neglect, PAT parent as teachers, CM case management, CPS child protective services, NS not specified, QE quasi-experimental, RCT randomized controlled trial, R risk group, GP general population, M maltreating parents

Early interventions to promote the health and well - being of children have been shown to help mitigate the negative consequences of child maltreatment and have long - term positive effects on the health of maltreated children.5 Services are required that provide support to families as soon as they need it, and provide early permanency decisions.6 Interventions that exhibit these characteristics are most likely to improve children's mental health and well - being and reduce health and societal costs over the long term through increased likelihood that children will have higher educational achievements, successful lives and be less likely to be dependent on the state.

As we aimed for a comprehensive meta - analysis, we included (a) two types of interventions: preventive interventions targeting the general population or families at risk for child maltreatment and curative interventions targeting maltreating families that are aimed at reducing maltreatment, (b) randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as well as high quality quasi-experimental studies, and (c) recently conducted studies, as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 201As we aimed for a comprehensive meta - analysis, we included (a) two types of interventions: preventive interventions targeting the general population or families at risk for child maltreatment and curative interventions targeting maltreating families that are aimed at reducing maltreatment, (b) randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as well as high quality quasi-experimental studies, and (c) recently conducted studies, as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 201as well as high quality quasi-experimental studies, and (c) recently conducted studies, as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 201as high quality quasi-experimental studies, and (c) recently conducted studies, as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 201as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 2013.

Parent - Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an evidence - based model originally developed as a parent - mediated treatment for disruptive behavior problems in preschool - age children, has been adapted as an intervention for maltreating parents of preschool - and school - age children.