TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Violence by parents against their children: reporting of maltreatment suspicions, child protection, and risk in mental illness JO - Psychiatric clinics of North America A1 - McEwan, Miranda A1 - Friedman, Susan Hatters SP - 691 EP - 700 VL - 39 IS - 4 N2 - Mental health professionals often treat parents who are suffering from mental illness. It is often suggested that mental illness leads to child abuse of neglect. However, the risk of violence and neglect is decreased by appropriate treatment of symptoms and support. When there is a reasonable suspicion of child abuse, the psychiatrist, like other physicians, is a mandated reporter...

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LA - en SN - 0193-953X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2016.07.001 ID - ref1 ER -