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Title
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Assessment of physical child abuse risk in parents with children referred to child and adolescent psychiatry
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Author
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Abstract
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| Given the vulnerability of the child psychiatric population, this study examined whether parenting a child referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry department leads to a higher risk of physical child abuse and if that risk is associated with a specific child psychopathology. The clinical sample consisted of caregivers with a six-to-11-year-old child who consulted child and adolescent psychiatry for a psychiatric assessment. The Dutch Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI), socio-demographic data and child psychiatric diagnosis were collected from 59 caregivers of 59 children. Ten per cent of the sample obtained an Abuse scale score indicative of a potential risk for physically maltreating their child. Compared to a non-clinical sample, this study showed a two and a half times higher risk potential for physical child abuse in caregivers with children referred to child and adolescent psychiatry. The elevated risk was not associated with a specific child psychiatric diagnosis. The caregivers at risk were more unhappy and experienced more problems with their child, their family and with others. Results support the need for implementing a standard risk assessment for physical child abuse in a child psychiatric setting. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Child abuse review / Enforcement of judgments office. - Chicago
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Publication
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Chicago
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2017
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ISSN
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0952-9136
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DOI
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10.1002/CAR.2470
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Volume/pages
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26
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(2017)
, p. 411-424
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ISI
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000416432500002
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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