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Estimating present and future damages following child maltreatment

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Current research is reviewed and an approach to child psychiatric forensic evaluation and expert testimony that is informed by current research findings, recently developed professional guidelines, and many years of professional experience is recommended.
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This article is published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2011-07-01. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Child abuse & Damages.

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“Draw me everything that happened to you”: Exploring children's drawings of sexual abuse

TL;DR: The use of three case studies and an analysis of children's narratives before, during and after drawing facilitated an assessment of the way in which drawing aided children's retrieval process.
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Factors Affecting the Completion of Trauma-Focused Treatments What Can Make a Difference?

TL;DR: This study expands the understanding of treatment attrition by investigating factors predicting treatment dropout in a large national data set of clinic-referred children and parents seeking trauma treatment.
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The narratives of abused children who have survived attempted filicide

TL;DR: The aim of the current study is to explore in depth the patterns and themes that can be found in the narratives of children who survived a murder attempt by one of their parents, as well as determining whether and how filicide can be prevented.
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The Sibling Relationship in the Context of Child Maltreatment: What Do We Know? What Are the Directions for the Future?:

TL;DR: A scoping review targeted at determining the existing knowledge and then identifying research priorities within the field of sibling relationship in the context of child maltreatment is carried out.
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The effect of drawing on children's experiences of investigations following alleged child abuse

TL;DR: The results clearly demonstrate the advantage that drawing has on the children's experience of the investigation, with children in the drawing group more often reporting feelings of hope and success.
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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

TL;DR: For example, this article found a strong relationship between the breadth of exposure to abuse or household dysfunction during childhood and multiple risk factors for several of the leading causes of death in adults.
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The Battered-Child Syndrome

TL;DR: The battered-child syndrome, a clinical condition in young children who have received serious physical abuse, is a frequent cause of permanent injury or death and should be considered in any child exhibiting evidence of fracture of any bone, subdural hematoma, failure to thrive, soft tissue swellings or skin bruising.
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Impact of sexual abuse on children: A review and synthesis of recent empirical studies

TL;DR: The findings suggest the absence of any specific syndrome in children who have been sexually abused and no single traumatizing process.
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Childhood Adversities and Adult Psychiatric Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication I: Associations With First Onset of DSM-IV Disorders

TL;DR: This article examined the joint associations of 12 retrospectively reported CAs with the first onset of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication using substantively complex multivariate models.
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