The Maltreatment Syndrome in Children

This pediatric syndrome of the maltreated child has for the most part been unsuspected and has gone unrecognized by the medical profession.

Abstract

WITHIN the last several years there has been a medical awareness of a major pediatric problem involving childhood neglect and physical abuse. The infliction of willful injuries to children is not a new entity but has existed since the beginning of time. Only recently has there been an apparent increased incidence of "battered" children reported in the medical literature and noted by child-protective agencies. Before these reports, this pediatric syndrome of the maltreated child has for the most part been unsuspected and has gone unrecognized by the medical profession. Little or no information on the subject is available in the . . .