title: Child maltreatment: promising approaches and new directions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review summarizes the key articles in the field of child maltreatment, addressing abusive head trauma, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and global issues surrounding maltreatment. This topic is salient for both general pediatricians as well as specialists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many articles this year focus on the importance of making an accurate diagnosis when considering child maltreatment, whether in the form of physical or sexual abuse. There is also a focus on understanding the epidemiology of abuse, as some data show a decrease in numbers, which is felt by many in the field to be a misleading impression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An appreciation of the scope of Child Abuse Pediatrics requires an understanding of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. The authors summarize notable advances in our understanding of these key areas in a review of the year's best literature.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Division of Family and Child Advocacy, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Child Protection Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors: Genevieve
authors: G
authors: Preer
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Sorrentino
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Ryznar
authors: Alice W
authors: AW
authors: Newton
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence