Podcast: Heather C. Forkey, MD explains how children exposed to traumatic events can exhibit symptoms that overlap with ADHD and, in some cases, could result in inaccurate diagnosis. Dr Forkey will then suggest ways to talk about impulsive and disruptive behaviors with school staff and pediatricians to make sure that a child gets the services s/he needs.

Instability caused by the high turnover rate of foster families and youth workers leaves children in care vulnerable to being targeted by sexual predators, an inquiry has heard.

Study finding suggests that children of parents who are frequently in conflict process emotional interactions differently and may face social challenges later in life compared with children from low conflict homes.

Study findings "demonstrate that evidence based treatments can be done in low-resource countries with good outcomes".

A new study has found that witnessing of domestic violence at home or subjected to physical or sexual abuse can put a child at risk of having migraine in adulthood by 60 percent.

This study finds a significant disparity exists in relation to the rates of childhood trauma on a validated structured questionnaire compared to documented reports in the clinical notes, with disparity most evident for individuals who experience emotional and physical neglect and child sexual abuse.

Spanish researchers report that children with ADHD have an increased risk for affectiive comorbidities if their mother suffered abuse as a child.

Media release: The Northern Territory Government has recommended a former Police Commander with more than 30 years’ experience in human services in the NT be appointed as the Children’s Commissioner.

Contrary to popular belief, cyberbullying that starts and stays online is no more emotionally harmful to youngsters than harassment that only occurs in-person and may actually be less disturbing because it's likelier to be of shorter duration and not involve significant power imbalances, according to a US study.

Long-term changes in immune function caused by childhood trauma could explain increased vulnerability to a range of health problems in later life.

Frequently bullied teenagers had increased odds of depression later on in life compared with those who did not experience bullying. The association was the same for both males and females.

The Department of Human Services has launched a campaign to recruit more than 110 new child protection workers in VIC.

Victoria: Auditor-General J Doyle finds DHHS's early intervention system was characterised by a lack of oversight, and with the increase in complex cases the contracted agencies are faced with overwhelming demand to the detriment of vulnerable children.

"While the importance of providing love and emotional support to children is well understood, we now know the importance of deliberately identifying and building strengths in our children."