title: The analysis of child abuse and neglect cases assessed by a multidisciplinary study group between 2005-2008.
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of child abuse and neglect (CAN) cases. Subjects were 102 cases that were clinically assessed by the multidisciplinary hospital team. Early and late childhood cases (according to the age at first abuse) were compared by means of characteristics of abuse. Among the 102 subjects, 64 were female and 38 were male (mean age: 8.68 years). Being abused by someone within the family was found to be significantly higher in preschool children compared to children in late childhood. 27.5% (n: 28) of the cases concomitantly had low socioeconomic and educational level and high parental psychological problems and 64.8% had psychiatric problems. A limited number of studies have compared characteristics of early and late childhood abuse considering the age of onset of maltreatment. Consistent with the literature, our study showed that early age of onset of maltreatment is a poor prognostic factor in many ways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dilsad_ozdemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dilşad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Foto-Özdemir
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozmert
authors.forename: Aysun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balseven-Odabaşı
authors.forename: S Gülin
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Evinç
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tekşam
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gökler
authors.forename: Songül
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.forename: Nuray
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanbur
authors.forename: Ali Rıza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tümer
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Derman
authors.forename: Helin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atik
authors.forename: Ferda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karadağ
authors.forename: Kadriye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yurdakök
authors.forename: Gülsev
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011379:Prognosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology