Study suggests child abuse can lead to physical illnesses later in life
Monday, 12 October 2009
Many studies over the years have indicated that victims
of child abuse experience long-term psychological problems. Now,
a review of 24 studies involving abused children suggests that child
abuse can lead to physical illnesses later in life as well.
Child abuse cases rise in upstate South Carolina
Monday, 12 October 2009
Two measures of Upstate SC child abuse rose as the economic recession wiped out jobs in what experts said could partly be a reflection of growing frustration among unemployed parents.
ME: Funding Cuts Could Shutter Child Abuse Program
Monday, 05 October 2009
A program that sees hundreds of abused children in Maine each year is at risk of closing for good.
Spurwink Services' child abuse program got a surprise Wednesday upon learning it could be forced to close this week.
Changes in the way the program would be reimbursed by Medicaid would have forced the program to close this week, but Spurwink was able to postpone those changes until March.
Ohio Child Abuse Cases Alarmingly High and More Severe
Monday, 05 October 2009
Infants and toddlers have become helpless casualties of an economic crisis, suffering severe physical abuse at levels that rival anything local experts have seen in at least 20 years.
Investigations of physical abuse in Montgomery County increased from 817 in 2006 to 1,033 the next year and landed at 981 in 2008, according to county data.
