@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of physical child abuse risk in parents with children referred to child and adolescent psychiatry",
journal="Child abuse review",
year="2017",
author="Van Looveren, Natalie and Glazemakers, Inge and Van Grootel, Linda and Fransen, Erik and van West, Dirk",
volume="26",
number="6",
pages="411-424",
abstract="Given the vulnerability of the child psychiatric population, this study examined whether parenting a child referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry department leads to a higher risk of physical child abuse and if that risk is associated with a specific child psychopathology. The clinical sample consisted of caregivers with a six-to-11-year-old child who consulted child and adolescent psychiatry for a psychiatric assessment. The Dutch Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI), socio-demographic data and child psychiatric diagnosis were collected from 59 caregivers of 59 children. Ten per cent of the sample obtained an Abuse scale score indicative of a potential risk for physically maltreating their child. Compared to a non-clinical sample, this study showed a two and a half times higher risk potential for physical child abuse in caregivers with children referred to child and adolescent psychiatry. The elevated risk was not associated with a specific child psychiatric diagnosis. The caregivers at risk were more unhappy and experienced more problems with their child, their family and with others. <br><br>RESULTS support the need for implementing a standard risk assessment for physical child abuse in a child psychiatric setting. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.   'This study examined whether parenting a child referred to a child and adolescent psychiatry department leads to a higher risk of physical child abuse'    Key Practitioner Messages     * Compared to a non-clinical sample, there is a two and a half times higher risk potential for physical child abuse in caregivers with children with mental health problems examined with the self-report screening questionnaire CAPI.   * Child psychopathology in general is associated with an elevated potential for physical child abuse; there is no correlation with a specific child psychiatric disorder.   * There is a need for implementing a standard risk assessment for child abuse in a clinical child psychiatric setting.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0952-9136",
doi="10.1002/car.2470",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/car.2470"
}