Background Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a significant health concern
worldwide. Appropriate and timely health services for victims can prevent severe and long …

Daycare maltreatment refers to abusive and/or neglectful acts perpetrated by teachers,
directors, non-professionals or volunteers, family members of staff, and peers in a daycare …

Background Child abuse is a major concern in India with frequent reports of extreme
maltreatment and fatalities. A dearth of robust and methodologically sound studies has …

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 poses a significant threat to
mental health, which may lead to psychological stress in a number of individuals. Athlete …

Longitudinal research of CSA in infancy and early childhood is scarce. The current study
examined the long-term course of psychological outcomes (PTSD, dissociation and …

Background Child maltreatment (CM) can result in lifelong detrimental consequences, but its
association with sleep disturbances in young children remains unclear. Objective This study …

Background Preschoolers are at an increased risk of experiencing abuse, especially from
caregivers. Early child abuse has adverse continuances on children's short and long-term …

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is two to three times more common in
women than in men. To better understand this phenomenon, we need to know why men …

Children and adolescents are too often victims of sexual abuse and harassment. According
to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 150 million girls and 73 million …

There is evidence that compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is linked with childhood trauma in
women and men. This study has investigated the relationships between childhood abuse …