Traumatic brain injury among mothers identified as having a high risk of child maltreatment : a pilot study

McKinlay, Audrey

Traumatic brain injury among mothers identified as having a high risk of child maltreatment : a pilot study Audrey McKinlay, Cora van Vliet-Ruissen and Annabel Taylor - Springer, 2014 - Journal of Family Violence .

Journal of Family Violence, 2014, online first

This study examined reports of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among mothers identified as having high risk for child abuse. The participants were 206 mothers referred to a child abuse prevention programme, the Family Help Trust based in Christchurch, between 2003 and 2010. It was found tha TBI in at-risk mothers in this stufy was more than three times the
TBI found in community samples, with many injuries occurring
in childhood.


ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
MOTHERS
PERPETRATORS
PREVALENCE
RISK FACTORS
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
CHILD ABUSE


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