Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment

<p>The second volume of Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Strategies offers a well-rounded and comprehensive perspective on topics related to child abuse and neglect including a focused look at intersectional populations at risk of maltreatment and how best to provide trauma-informed care. </p><p>This text intends to do the following: </p><p>-Define the problem of child maltreatment conceptually and numerically using statistics that describe the state of maltreatment and the characteristics of those most affected by it </p><p>-Identify causes and risk factors that appear to affect susceptibility to maltreatment such as factors that increase a child's risk of abuse or obstacles to delivering effective child protection services </p><p>-Design interventions that are trauma-informed sensitive and developmentally targeted for children and their caregivers </p><p>-Disseminate information about the evidence and effectiveness of these interventions to increase the profile for their usage in clinical practice </p><p>-Educate students and future professionals in psychology medicine nursing social work and creative arts therapies to mitigate the effects of child maltreatment for future generations</p>