Violence against children: scars that last

The research conducted by the ESSMA team on the long-term consequences of violence against children is featured in issue No. 70 of INSERM magazine.

From the links between domestic violence and visits to pediatric emergency departments or sleep disorders in children, investigated by Marion BAILHACHE, to the links between childhood sexual violence and health in adulthood, explored by Fabienne EL-KHOURY, and the intergenerational transmission of the consequences of such violence, studied by Judith van der WAERDEN, Sara AVENDANO and Dayanne ORELLANA, this research shows that direct and indirect exposure to violence during childhood can have consequences that extend far beyond the initial event.

Read the full article: here