 Child Abuse
"Child Abuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
| Descriptor ID |
D002649
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.856.350.250 I01.880.735.900.350.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Child Abuse- Child Abuse
- Abuse, Child
- Child Mistreatment
- Mistreatment, Child
- Child Maltreatment
- Maltreatment, Child
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Child Abuse" by people in this website by year, and whether "Child Abuse" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2000 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2001 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2005 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2006 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2007 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2008 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2009 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2011 | 11 | 3 | 14 | | 2012 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2013 | 18 | 2 | 20 | | 2014 | 13 | 3 | 16 | | 2015 | 19 | 3 | 22 | | 2016 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2017 | 15 | 4 | 19 | | 2018 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2019 | 15 | 2 | 17 | | 2020 | 17 | 4 | 21 | | 2021 | 21 | 2 | 23 | | 2022 | 19 | 1 | 20 | | 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2024 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2025 | 20 | 2 | 22 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Child Abuse" by people in Profiles.
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Thompson JN, Salazar AM, Taussig HN. Parent-child attachment and trauma-related dissociation among youth in out-of-home care: The age-dependent roles of caregiver-child attachment and placement duration. Child Abuse Negl. 2026 Mar; 173:107883.
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Sidpra J, Kemp AM, Nour AS, Christian CW, Robinson C, Mirsky DM, Holmes H, Chesters H, Nurmatov U, Pizzo E, Kan EY, Wawrzkowicz E, Bliss H, Knight L, Lucato LT, Kvist O, Kelly P, Servaes S, Rosendahl K, Arthurs OJ, van Rijn R, Mankad K, Offiah AC. International guidelines for the imaging investigation of suspected child physical abuse (IGISPA): a protocol for a modified Delphi consensus study. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 25; 15(9):e101693.
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Puls HT, Noelke C, Jeffries KN, Lindberg DM, Austin AE, Chaiyachati BH, Hall M. Explanatory capacity of measures of community context for paediatric injury hospitalisations in the USA. Inj Prev. 2025 Sep 23; 31(5):428-434.
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Williams VN, Knudtson MD, Tung GJ. Collaboration between nurse home visitors and child welfare predicts participant attrition in home visiting programs. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Nov; 169(Pt 2):107686.
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Klements E, Peterson RL, Anastasiadis WA, Dichiaro M, Connery AK. Risk factors and outcomes in preterm versus full-term infants with abusive head trauma: A retrospective comparative study. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Nov; 169(Pt 2):107657.
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Kaferly J, Tung G, Helmkamp L, Knudtson M, Murphy N, Allison MA. Child welfare outcomes among children with and without Nurse-Family Partnership: A propensity score matched assessment in Florida from 2010 to 2023. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Nov; 169(Pt 1):107631.
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Campbell KA, Laskey AL, Lindberg DM, Henry MK, Vaughn P, Anderst JD, Letson MM, Bachim AN, Harper NS, Coombs CM, Frasier LD, Wood JN. Changes in child placement after child abuse pediatrics consultation for suspected physical abuse. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Sep; 167:107608.
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Puranik CP, Katebzadeh S, Bothwell S, de Peralta T. Integration of Child Abuse-Neglect in the Pediatric Dental Trauma Curriculum: A Mixed-Method Observational Cohort Study. Dent Traumatol. 2026 Feb; 42(1):24-31.
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Peterson RL, Lindberg DM, Piña-Anastasiadis WA, Graber S, Chiesa A, Mirsky DM, Stence N, Dichiaro M, Messer R, Madison C, Lee AH, Batista L, Connery AK. Mortality after abusive head trauma: Relationship to brain injury severity, age, and co-occurring bodily injuries. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Sep; 167:107574.
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Nisle-Mikos S, Racz SJ, Massey Combs K, Taussig HN. Exogenous Correlates of Substance Use Among Youth Who Have Experienced Maltreatment and Child Welfare Involvement. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(9):1225-1235.
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