Reasonable suspicion in reporting child maltreatment: a survey among German healthcare professionals

Abstract Background With regular contacts to the general child population, healthcare professionals could play an important role in the detection of child maltreatment. However, a majority of child maltreatment cases go unnoticed by the healthcare system. Child protection legislations usually offer...

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Main Authors: Oliver Berthold, Andreas Jud, Marion Jarczok, Jörg M. Fegert, Vera Clemens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00381-7