A child tells a psychologist that his parents get drunk and hit him. He begs her not to report to child protection services.

A new Monash University study has found that child maltreatment costs Australia $21.6 billion in annual health service use costs and $24.1 billion in annual lost productivity.

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Carol Erskine, the former top juvenile court judge in Worcester, says the death of a 4-year-old girl resulted from a "highly ...

Here are two reasons why immigrant families can be especially prone to childhood emotional neglect, one of the most harmful forms of maltreatment.

SINGAPORE: The number of new high-risk child abuse cases in 2024 rose by 14.5 per cent from the year before, according to a ...

The cabinet secretary for West Virginia’s Department of Human Services outlined eight pillars of reform responding to a ...

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The cabinet secretary for West Virginia’s Department of Human Services outlined eight pillars of reform responding to a recent federal audit of Child Protective Services, including plans to improve ...