Physical Abuse

"Physical Abuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Violence inflicted on an individual through physical contact.

Descriptor ID	D000066550
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.856.688 I01.880.735.900.744
Concept/Terms	Physical Abuse Physical Abuse Abuse, Physical Physical Violence Violence, Physical Physical Maltreatment Maltreatment, Physical

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Violence [I01.198.240.856]
Physical Abuse [I01.198.240.856.688]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]
Physical Abuse [I01.880.735.900.744]

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2019 and 2021 and 2023 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2
2024	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Physical Abuse" by people in Profiles.

Venkatesan UM, Juengst SB. Adverse childhood experiences in adults with chronic traumatic brain injury: Support for a life course approach to brain injury rehabilitation. Disabil Health J. 2025 01; 18(1):101714.

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Deutsch SA, Einspahr S, Almeida D, Vandergrift D, Loiselle C, De Jong A. Variability in Occult Injury Screening Among Siblings/Household Contacts of Physical Abuse Victims. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jun 01; 40(6):e54-e60.

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Mankad K, Sidpra J, Mirsky DM, Oates AJ, Colleran GC, Lucato LT, Kan E, Kilborn T, Agrawal N, Teeuw AH, Kelly P, Zeitlin D, Carter J, Debelle GD, Berger RP, Christian CW, Lindberg DM, Raissaki M, Argyropoulou M, Adamsbaum C, Cain T, van Rijn RR, Silvera VM, Rossi A, Kemp AM, Choudhary AK, Offiah AC. International Consensus Statement on the Radiological Screening of Contact Children in the Context of Suspected Child Physical Abuse. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 05 01; 177(5):526-533.

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Raissaki M, Adamsbaum C, Argyropoulou MI, Choudhary AK, Jeanes A, Mankad K, Mannes I, Van Rijn RR, Offiah AC. Benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces and subdural collections-when to evaluate for abuse. Pediatr Radiol. 2023 04; 53(4):752-767.

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Falb KL, Blackwell A, Hategekimana JD, Sifat M, Roth D, O'Connor M. Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Influence of Early Life Experiences of Abuse. Violence Against Women. 2024 03; 30(3-4):873-889.

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Apfeld JC, Crichton KG, Minneci PC, Puls HT, Cooper JN. Identification of physical abuse-related hospitalizations in young children: Impact of the transition to ICD-10-CM coding. Child Abuse Negl. 2021 08; 118:105159.

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Trivedi M, Dumkrieger G, Chong CD, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ. Impact of abuse on migraine-related sensory hypersensitivity symptoms: Results from the American Registry for Migraine Research. Headache. 2021 May; 61(5):740-754.

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Macaulay J, Melvin A, Deutsch SA. Pushing Back: Balancing Cost Against the Price of Missing Child Physical Abuse. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 04; 10(4):378-380.

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Hu YY, Ellis RJ, Hewitt DB, Yang AD, Cheung EO, Moskowitz JT, Potts JR, Buyske J, Hoyt DB, Nasca TJ, Bilimoria KY. Discrimination, Abuse, Harassment, and Burnout in Surgical Residency Training. N Engl J Med. 2019 10 31; 381(18):1741-1752.

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Myers L, Valente K, Restrepo AD, D' Alessio L, Sawchuk T, Homayoun M, Bahrami Z, Alessi R, Paytan AA, Kochen S, Buchhalter J, Taha F, Lazar LM, Pick S, Nicholson T. Sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A retrospective multicenter international study. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 08; 97:154-157.

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