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Exposure to family violence especially harmful to previously abused children

Millions of American children are exposed to violence in their homes each year, putting them at risk for a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. According to a new study in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child Development, children who are maltreated tend to have a lot of re-exposure to family violence, and this re-exposure often leads to increased psychological problems.

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School Newsletter Had Penthouse As Recommended Reading

Australian school at center of child-sex allegations pulls newsletter mentioning 'Penthouse' as recommended reading.

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New approach needed to tackle child abuse and neglect

Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications and children being brought into State care.

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Scientology Goons in Disgraceful Hollywood Tourist Scandal

A couple of Scientology "security guards" made fools of themselves on Sunday, in addition to personifying the Scientology cult's bizarre and dangerous attitude toward children.

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texas Child Protective Services Pleased With Court Decision

Yesterday Texas District Judge Barbara Walther vacated the temporary orders granting the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) sole temporary managing conservatorship of children from YFZ Ranch.

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Canada examining abuses at church schools for Indians

A truth-and-reconciliation commission examining what Indian leaders call one of the most tragic and racist chapters in Canada's history will begin its work on Sunday.

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Most female child molesters were victims of sexual abuse

A University of Georgia study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of female child molesters finds that many of them were themselves victims of sexual abuse as children.

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How environment affects genes in brains of men who killed themselves

A team of McGill University scientists has discovered important differences between the brains of suicide victims and so-called normal brains. Although the genetic sequence was identical in the suicide and non-suicide brains, there were differences in their epigenetic marking – a chemical coating influenced by environmental factors.

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Pope apologises for child abuse

Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out. Two weeks before the beginning of his trip to the United States, his spokesperson Federico Lombardi S.J. said the pope would tackle the delicate issue of the pedophile priests, who have brought the Catholic church into disrepute since 2003.

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Variations of stress response gene appear to be predictive of risk of PTSD

Adults who experienced child abuse and have variations of a gene related to stress response appear to be at greater risk of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms as adults, according to a study in the March 19 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on Genetics and Genomics.

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Combined factors may change biology of stress-response system as it develops

A traumatic event is much more likely to result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults who experienced trauma in childhood – but certain gene variations raise the risk considerably if the childhood trauma involved physical or sexual abuse, scientists have found.

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Brothers and sisters of abuse victims help cover up or commit abuse

In many cases, when abusive parents with multiple children target just one child for emotional or physical cruelty, authorities often remove the abused child from the home and return the non-abused siblings.

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