This week it was announced that Elizabeth Smart, the Utah kidnap victim, will be writing a memoir. The Jimmy Savile – BBC Scandal continues in the UK. A large settlement was made in the Delaware pediatricians case. Scientific research that there is evidence that traumatic childhood experiences may contribute to wartime PTSD.
Utah kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart preparing memoir.
caused a national sensation. http://www.pjstar.com/free/x1978608178/Kidnap-victim-Elizabeth-Smart-preparing-memoir
Jimmy Savile scandal: George Entwistle to give evidence at Newsnight inquiry http://goo.gl/kOHo3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/22/jimmy-savile-scandal-george-entwistle-evidence
Survivorship Webinar – How can we survive the holidays – December 1st http://goo.gl/HK9Rj
$123M settlement approved in Del. child abuse case
The former pediatrician last year was found guilty of raping or assaulting more than 100 girls http://goo.gl/S2b2i
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/19/delaware-child-abuse-case/1715867/
Historic child abuse investigation will now cost £19m, Assembly told
institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland http://goo.gl/C7FBT http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/historic-child-abuse-investigation-will-now-cost-19m-assembly-told-16240341.html
Rochdale child abuse case: exploited girls faced ‘absolute disrespect’ http://goo.gl/IfK04
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/20/rochdale-child-abuse-case
45 children a day at risk from sexual exploitation by gangs, warns inquiry http://goo.gl/OPqP4 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/21/child-risk-sex-exploitation-gang
Groomed, raped, frightened: the victims of child sexual exploitation http://goo.gl/JNLGy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/21/groomed-raped-victims-sexual-exploitation
Embattled Childhoods May Be the Real Trauma for Soldiers With PTSD
ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2012) — New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood — not combat — may predict which soldiers develop the disorder…. http://goo.gl/SgqbM http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140625.htm
Peace and War Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Before, During, and After Military Deployment in Afghanistan http://goo.gl/0Uog6 http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/11/02/0956797612457389
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