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Background: Child maltreatment reporting is critical for case investigation and service disposition. However, reporting discrepancies across informants is a challenge for child welfare services.

Methods: Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 3150), the current study examined child-caregiver discrepancies in reporting the frequencies of psychological and physical maltreatment.

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Grandparent kinship caregivers may experience increased parenting stress and mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may lead to risky parenting behaviors, such as psychological aggression, corporal punishment, and neglectful behaviors towards their grandchildren. This study aims to examine (1) the relationships between parenting stress, mental health, and grandparent kinship caregivers' risky parenting practices, such as psychological aggression, corporal punishment, and neglectful behaviors towards their grandchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) whether grandparent kinship caregivers' mental health is a potential mediator between parenting stress and caregivers' psychological aggression, corporal punishment, and neglectful behaviors.

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Estimating the Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence in Europe Using Routine Hospital Discharge Data: An Ecological Study.

Alcohol Alcohol

February 2020

National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.

Article Synopsis
  • This study investigates whether hospital discharge data can effectively estimate the prevalence of alcohol dependence (AD) across European countries.
  • By analyzing discharge rates for alcohol-related conditions and comparing them with national survey data, the researchers found a moderate correlation between these rates and AD prevalence.
  • While using hospital discharge rates could be helpful, especially in situations lacking other data, the findings suggest that they shouldn't be solely relied upon for determining the absolute prevalence of AD in Europe.
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