Child Maltreatment

There is insufficient evidence showing the harms and benefits of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ruled in a final recommendation.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has ruled that there is not enough evidence to advocate for or against primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment before it takes place.

Having one or more off-premises alcohol outlets in a census tract was linked with a 13.5% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in a single year, researchers reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

A history of childhood maltreatment and trauma was commonly found in adults with body dysmorphic disorder, and the severity of these events correlated with symptom severity, according to a study in Comprehensive Psychiatry.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have social, financial and health impacts on much of society, and these effects can be seen within individual family environments.