News tagged with childhood maltreatment
Study: Abuse rates higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children compared with hearing youths
A new study at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse, is more than 25 percent higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children than among ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Study shows high magnitude stressors stronger than military sexual stressors
A study of long-term, active duty military personnel who used Department of Veterans Affairs' health services showed that childhood maltreatment and other high magnitude stressors, such as being in a serious accident or a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Adverse childhood experiences linked to frequent headache in adults
Children who experience maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse are more likely to experience frequent headaches, including chronic migraine, as adults, say scientists presenting data at the American Headache ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Migraine sufferers who experienced childhood abuse have greater risk of cardiovascular disease
Migraine sufferers who experienced abuse and neglect as children have a greater risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) among others, say scientists presenting data at the American ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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How multiple childhood maltreatments lead to greater adolescent binge drinking
Researchers from Boston University found that multiple types of child maltreatment are robust risk factors for underage binge drinking based on a national multi-year study that explored the influence of social environment ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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