Alcoholism and severe child maltreatment.
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 56 (3) , 481-485
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb03480.x
Abstract
A controlled study of the association between parental alcoholism and severe child maltreatment--i.e., physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect requiring court-ordered removal of the child from the home--reveals a significant overrepresentation of alcoholism in the parent population.Keywords
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