Child and adolescent abuse and neglect research: a review of the past 10 years. Part I: Physical and emotional abuse and neglect.
OBJECTIVE
To review the clinically relevant literature on the physical and emotional abuse and neglect of children and adolescents published during the past 10 years.


METHODS
Literature published between 1988 and 1998 was reviewed following a systematic search of Medline, Psychinfo, and the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect.


RESULTS
During the last decade there has been substantial progress in understanding the symptomatology associated with maltreatment. However, prevention and intervention research studies are relatively rare and frequently have important methodological limitations.


CONCLUSIONS
Child maltreatment research in the next decade needs to focus on understanding factors leading to resilient outcomes and on assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment strategies. Increased resources are needed to support child maltreatment research studies and investigators.
Kaplan
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Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Pelcovitz
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000628:therapy; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs