Showing posts with label Child Abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child Abuse. Show all posts

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New study finds family violence can lower a child's IQ


Children exposed early in life to interpersonal trauma, maltreatment or witnessing partner violence against their mothers, have lower Intelligence Quotient (IQ) related scores at 2, 5 and 8 years of age, find researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota.