Child abuse & neglect
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Child abuse & neglect · Sep 2009
The association of child abuse and neglect with adult disability in schizophrenia and the prominent role of physical neglect.
To assess long-lasting effects of childhood trauma on the functional outcome of adult patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. ⋯ Further investigation is warranted to clarify the association between childhood trauma and disability in schizophrenia, as well as to develop standardized instruments for the assessment of trauma and earlier detection of risk along with education of patients and families about adequate care, in an effort to reduce the incidence of disability in schizophrenia.
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Child abuse & neglect · Sep 2009
The mental and physical health difficulties of children held within a British immigration detention center: a pilot study.
The present study aimed to assess the mental and physical health of children held within a British immigration detention center. ⋯ Although high levels of mental and physical health problems, as well as child protection concerns were detected, detained families had very limited access to appropriate assessment, support or treatment. The traumatic experience of detention itself also has implications for the sizeable proportion of psychologically distressed children who are eventually released from detention and expected to successfully reintegrate into British society; while those children who are deported are returned with increased vulnerability to future stressors.