Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;59(10):1102-1104. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.07.005. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
There is considerable evidence that child maltreatment is associated with significant short- and long-term negative outcomes. Protecting children from maltreatment should be a clear priority, and there is substantial opportunity for making improvements in child protective services (CPS) to better serve those they are tasked with protecting. Making progress in this effort requires a closer inspection of the processes in place to identify children in danger of being harmed and of the potential effectiveness of the current system. The article by Kim and Drake published in the Journal examined CPS records to create US estimates for child maltreatment onset and recurrence for children from birth to age 11 years. More than one-third of children are estimated to have a screened-in report for investigation or assessment by CPS, and after an initial report is made regarding a child, the probability of a subsequent report is nearly 1 in 2. This alarming rate of maltreatment recurrence points to potential areas for improvement.
有大量证据表明，儿童虐待与短期和长期的负面后果密切相关。保护儿童免受虐待应该是一个明确的优先事项，儿童保护服务（CPS）有很大的机会进行改进，以更好地为他们所负责保护的人提供服务。在这方面取得进展需要更仔细地检查现有的识别处于危险中的儿童的程序，以及当前系统的潜在有效性。金和德雷克在《杂志》上发表的文章检查了 CPS 的记录，为美国从出生到 11 岁的儿童虐待发病和复发情况提供了估计。估计超过三分之一的儿童有被 CPS 筛选出的报告进行调查或评估，并且在对儿童提出初步报告后，随后报告的概率接近 1 比 2。这种令人震惊的虐待复发率表明存在改进的潜在领域。
