health

Medical researchers have devoted intense attention to child abuse in
recent years. As of 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was supporting
280 separate studies of treatments and prevention strategies for
child abuse. The treatments include various forms of psychotherapy for
abused children and reducing drug abuse and other self-harming behaviors
in adults who had been abused in childhood. Prevention strategies
that are being studied include psychotherapy for abusive parents, parent
education programs, home visitation programs, and family strengthening
programs.