"Child Abuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
| Descriptor ID |
D002649
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.856.350.250 I01.880.735.900.350.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Child Abuse- Child Abuse
- Abuse, Child
- Child Mistreatment
- Mistreatment, Child
- Child Maltreatment
- Maltreatment, Child
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Child Abuse" by people in this website by year, and whether "Child Abuse" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Child Abuse" by people in Profiles.
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Resilience and Strengths Among Minoritized Racial and Ethnic Groups of Children in the United States Exposed to Trauma, Violence, and Maltreatment: A Scoping Review. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2025 Apr; 26(2):220-234.
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Adverse childhood experiences, anger, and violence among justice-involved youth: A network analysis. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Mar; 161:107301.
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Missed opportunities to support parents' use of healthy discipline. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Mar; 161:107257.
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Typological and cumulative approaches to risk and adversity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): Retrospective cohort analysis in South London. Compr Psychiatry. 2025 Feb; 137:152568.
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Variation in Use of Neuroimaging in the Care of Infants Undergoing Subspecialty Evaluations for Abuse: A Multicenter Study. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Mar; 25(2):102597.
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Yield of skeletal surveys in national network of child abuse pediatricians: Age is key. Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Nov; 157:106992.
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The Pediatrician's Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 01; 154(2).
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Urinalysis in Suspected Child Abuse Evaluation in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jul 01; 40(7):547-550.
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No Science Supports the Diagnostic Methods for Abusive Head Trauma-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 May 01; 178(5):508-509.
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Incomplete Fractures of Distal Long Bones Among Children in Early Stages of Mobility: Few Concerns for Physical Child Abuse at a Single Pediatric Level I Trauma Center. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jul 01; 40(7):555-558.