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This paper reports on a retrospective, qualitative evaluation of an ‘infant and child-led’ therapeutic family practice approach undertaken by an infant-mental-health-trained family therapist working with families deemed to be ‘at risk’.
Explores how antenatal care midwives at a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne perceive the use of technological screening tools for family violence.
This article reviews therapeutic interventions for children and young people who have experienced violence, exploitation, abuse or neglect. While many approaches exist, most evaluation remains adult centred and focused on standardised measures rather than children’s lived experiences. The review calls for a shift toward recognising young survivors as full participants in their own healing, with their identities, perspectives and voices treated as central to therapeutic work.
This article examines how different forms of childhood exposure to domestic violence—such as physical harm, threats, property damage, and coercive control—are linked to mental disorders and health risk behaviours in adulthood. Using data from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, the research found strong associations between coercive control and PTSD, anxiety, and between property damage and severe alcohol use disorder. The findings highlight the urgent need for trauma-informed interventions and stronger protections for children.
Childhood potentially traumatic events are prevalent in the Australian general population and associated with serious mental and physical health conditions. These findings have important implications for early detection and intervention, trauma-informed healthcare approaches, and for policy and practice across health, education and social service systems.
Features Tim Moore and Morag McArthur. This study explores children and young people’s views on their role in preventing abuse and maltreatment. It highlights that young people want information, choice, and meaningful participation, rather than tokenistic involvement.
This reflective article draws on learning from survivors of child sexual abuse to examine what a genuine apology, relational repair, and survivor-centered safety look like in practice. It highlights the emotional labour survivors carry and the need for adults and systems to approach harm with humility and accountability.
This article offers an expert by experience perspective on what it is like to be caught between parents during and after family violence. It explores how loyalty conflicts, fear, and pressure shape children’s relationships with adults around them. The piece highlights how systems and services can unintentionally intensify the “tug of war” when they fail to understand children’s relational worlds.
Research shows that different forms of child maltreatment often co-occur, including child sexual abuse (CSA) and children’s exposure to adult domestic violence (DV). However, the extent of this co-occurrence remains poorly understood. This article presents findings from a scoping review of articles reporting prevalence data for co-occurring CSA and DV.
