Child maltreatment
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Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse
Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.
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Early adversity impacts on associative learning
Exposure to adversity during childhood negatively impacts on behavioural development due to suboptimal associative learning, according to data from a new study.
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