Child Abuse

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childabuse.html

Overviews
• Child Abuse and Neglect (American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ3S3DRUDC⊂_cat=355
• JAMA Patient Page: Protecting Our Children from Child Abuse (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZDPBQXMAC⊂_cat=355

Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Recognizing Child Abuse: What Parents Should Know (Prevent Child Abuse America) - Links to PDF File - http://www.preventchildabuse.org/learn_more/parents/recognizing_abuse.pdf
• Recognizing Signs of Child Abuse (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/signs_child_abuse.html

Treatment
• Finding a Therapist for Your Child's Emotional or Behavioral Problem (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/finding_therapist.html
• Treatment for Abused and Neglected Children: Infancy to Age 18 (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/usermanuals/treatmen/

Prevention/Screening
• Gateways to Prevention: What Everyone Can Do to Prevent Child Abuse (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/prevention/order/packet2004.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/prevention/order/spanpacket2003.pdf
• How to Start a Child Abuse Prevention Program in Your Community (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/prevenres/prevprog.cfm
• Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome (American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZM8JMMH4C⊂_cat=355
• What Is Child Abuse Prevention? (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/prevention/raising/overview/prevention.cfm
  Also available in Spanish - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/prevention/raising/overview/prevencion.cfm

Coping
• Responding to a Disclosure of Child Abuse (National Network for Child Care) - http://www.nncc.org/Abuse/rspond_disclos.html

Related Issues
• Emotional Abuse (American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZW84HP8FC⊂_cat=355
• MedlinePlus: Child Sexual Abuse (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsexualabuse.html
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/childsexualabuse.html
• Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/munchausen.html
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Issues: Child Abuse (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center) - http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=i108i&doctitle;=OI+Issues%3A+Child+Abuse&doctype;=HTML+Fact+Sheet
• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse (American Psychological Association) - http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html
• Shaken Baby Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/shakenbaby.htm
• Shaken Baby/Shaken Impact Syndrome (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/shaken.html

Research
• Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm
• New Reports on Violence Prevention Say Home Visits Can Reduce Child Abuse, But Finds Insufficient Scientific Evidence to Determine Whether Firearm Laws Impact Rates of Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r031002.htm
• NICHD Researchers Improve Techniques for Interviewing Child Abuse Victims (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/new/releases/interviewing.cfm
• NICHD-Sponsored Research Finds Early Learning Associated With Reduced Child Maltreatment (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/new/releases/child_maltreatment.cfm
• Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/prevenres/focus.cfm
• Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/subabuse_childmal.cfm

Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Terms (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/usermanuals/treatmen/treatmenj.cfm
• National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Glossary (Family and Youth Services Bureau) - http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/dis/ncands98/glossary/glossary.htm

Directories
• How to Report Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (Administration for Children and Families) - http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/publications/rpt_abu.htm
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: Search for Related Organizations (Administration for Children and Families) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/organizations/index.cfm
• Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers Resource Listing (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/reslist/tollfree.cfm

Organizations
• Administration for Children and Families - http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - http://www.aacap.org/
• American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/
• National Runaway Switchboard - http://www.nrscrisisline.org/

Law and Policy
• About the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/about.cfm
• Frequently Asked Questions on Child Abuse and Neglect (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/admin/faqs.cfm
• Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/groundtermin.cfm
• How Does the Child Welfare System Work? (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/cpswork.cfm
  Also available in Spanish - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/spcpswork.cfm
• Infant Safe Haven Laws (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse) - http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/safehaven.cfm
• Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/manda.cfm
• Parental Drug Use as Child Abuse (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/drugexposed.cfm
• Reporting Laws: Religious Exemptions (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/religious.cfm
• Reporting Procedures (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/repproc.cfm
• State-Specific Information Search (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/statespecific/index.cfm
• What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/whatiscan.cfm
  Also available in Spanish - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/ques.cfm

Statistics
• Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/fatality.cfm
• Child Maltreatment (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/cmfacts.htm
• Child Maltreatment 2002: Summary of Key Findings (National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) - http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/canstats.cfm
• Homicide Risk Among Infants (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020308.htm
• National Runaway Switchboard Statistics (National Runaway Switchboard) - http://www.nrscrisisline.org/news_stats.asp
• Perpetrators by Relationship to Child Victims SDC 1998 (Administration for Children and Families) - http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/stats/perps.htm

Children
• Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/going_to_therapist.html
• How to Handle Abuse (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/handle_abuse.html
• Kids and Teens Page (National Runaway Switchboard) (National Runaway Switchboard) - http://www.nrscrisisline.org/kids.asp
• Tips for Kids: What to Do about Abuse or Neglect (Prevent Child Abuse America) - Links to PDF File - http://www.preventchildabuse.org/learn_more/cap_2000/kid_tips.pdf

Teenagers
• Abuse (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/family_abuse.html
  Also available in Spanish - http://kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/mente/family_abuse_esp.html
• Going to a Therapist (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/therapist.html

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Child Sexual Abuse - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsexualabuse.html
• Child and Teen Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html
• Injuries and Wounds - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuriesandwounds.html
• Social/Family Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/socialfamilyissues.html

Page last updated: 10 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 27 September 2004