Journals and news
Study of Holocaust survivors finds trauma passed on to children's genes
Source: The GuardianNew finding is first example in humans of the theory of epigenetic inheritance: the idea that environmental factors can affect the genes of your children
Maltreated children’s brains show ‘encouraging’ ability to regulate emotions
Source: University of Washington“They were just as able as other children to modulate their emotional responses when they were taught strategies for doing so,” said study’s lead author. “That’s very encouraging.”
Report says children as young as seven sexually abused, exploited in state care
Source: The AgeCommissioner for Children and Young People Bernie Geary's inquiry finds reports that child sexual abuse is rife in Victoria's residential care units.
Imaging study looks at brain effects of early adversity, mental health disorders
Source: ScienceDailyAdversity during the first six years of life was associated with higher levels of childhood internalizing symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, in a group of boys, as well as altered brain structure in late adolescence between the ages of 18 and 21, study finds.
Territory reforms to childhood out-of-home care continue
Source: Brsibane TimesChanges to the ACT government's childhood out-of-home care policies will this month see the first external tender awarded, coming six months into the roll-out of the innovative child-health passport.
Domestic violence: young survivor teaches youth prevention
Source: ABC 91.7Surviving domestic violence has inspired one young Gold Coast woman to help teach other young people to identify and stand up to it in their own lives.
What’s in a name? Online child abuse material is not ‘pornography’
Source: The ConversationThis article argues key problems with not calling these images what they are - online child abuse material, or child exploitation material.
Abused children may exhibit patterns of behavior that predict crime as adults
Source: Medical DailyCertain patterns of behavior for abused children may be a predictor of later crime, a study suggests.
Acting on family violence: how the health system can step up
Source: The ConversationSome recommendations on how the health system can play a vital role in ensuring appropriate first-line response to victims of family violence.
ACT government responds to new Canberra domestic violence report with a call for increased awareness
Source: Canberra TimesThe government agreed to all 33 recommendations from the April Domestic and Family Violence, including Sexual Assault, in the ACT report in some form, acknowledging the impact of the issue on women and children.
ACT domestic violence workers trained to better respond to technological abuse
Source: Canberra TimesFrontline domestic violence workers in the ACT will be trained to protect women and their children whose violent ex-partners have used technology to stalk, intimidate and harass them.
New research shedding light on sex abuse committed by mothers against their sons
Source: ABC NewsDoctoral research investigates the psychotherapeutic needs of men and boys who have been sexually abused by their biological mother.
A revised inventory of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect"This study examines whether the items from the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scale can be improved in their prediction of health outcomes by adding some additional widely recognized childhood adversities"
Childhood physical, sexual abuse linked to ulcerative colitis
Source: ScienceDailyCanadian study findings show odds of ulcerative colitis were more than two times higher for adults who reported being exposed to childhood physical or sexual abuse.
Experts lash report into proposed change to child protection law
Source: Herald SunChild advocates have slammed a parliamentary report investigating a proposed change to controversial child protection laws in Victoria.