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Exposure Therapy Successfully Treats PTSD in Teens
By Christine Hsu | Dec 24, 2013 10:41 AM ESTProlonged exposure therapy can successfully treat posttraumatic disorder in adolescent girls who have been sexually abused.
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Teen Moms can be Forced to Provide Cord Blood Sample in Mississippi
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 02, 2013 12:29 PM EDTTeen moms under the age of 16 will be forced to provide cord blood samples if they choose not to identify the father of the baby.
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Past Childhood Abuse Raises Suicide Risk in Drug Users
By Christine Hsu | Jul 18, 2013 05:17 PM EDTDrug users who suffered childhood abuse are more likely to commit suicide, a new study suggests.
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Study Suggests Sexual and Emotional Abuse Leave Behind Specific Scars on the Brain
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 05, 2013 11:38 AM EDTResearchers discovered that sexual and emotional abuse scarred the brains in different and distinctive patterns.
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Childhood Abuse Could Lead to Adult Obesity
By Cheri Cheng | May 22, 2013 11:45 AM EDTA new study found a linke between childhood abuse and adult obesity.
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"9-Year-Old" Mexican Mom's True Age Revealed, Baby's Father Identified
By Christine Hsu | Feb 14, 2013 12:18 PM ESTMexican officials said Wednesday that the young girl known as "Dafne" who gave birth to a daughter two weeks ago is in fact 12 or 13 years old and not nine like her mother had previously claimed.
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Sexually Abused Males at Higher Risk of Heart Attack than Women
By S.C. Stringfellow | Sep 06, 2012 01:42 PM EDTAccording to a study published online this week in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect, men who experienced childhood sexual abuse are three times more likely to have a heart attack than men who were not sexually abused as children
