Evidence-based therapies can ameliorate behavior problems in maltreated children [AAPPublications.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/21/174:00 AM

A father brings his 10-year-old to your office because the boy is having a hard time paying attention at school, gets in fights with classmates and is oppositional with his teacher.

As you take the psychosocial history, it’s important to ask whether the child has been exposed to any abuse, neglect, abandonment or other traumas, according to the updated AAP clinical report Clinical Considerations Related to the Behavioral Manifestations of Child Maltreatment.

[For more of this story, written by Carla Kemp, go to http://www.aappublications.org...0/Maltreatment032017]

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