TY - CHAP AU - Eduardo Martín ED - Alexander Muela Y1 - 2012-07-11 PY - 2012 T1 - Residential Care as a Resource of the Childhood Welfare System: Current Strengths and Future Challenges N2 - Child maltreatment constitutes a social problem that affects all societies of the world. A recent study by the World Health Organisation points out that millions of children suffer some form of maltreatment and require medical and social attention. Therefore, child maltreatment is not a new phenomenon; it has been around since the beginning of time. Child maltreatment is recognized as an important psychopathological risk factor and is associated with poor psychological function in childhood and adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this book is to address the issue of child abuse and neglect from a multidimensional perspective. The reader will find a selection of internationally recognized works addressing the issue of child maltreatment both from theoretical and applied view. BT - Child Abuse and Neglect SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/46402 DO - 10.5772/46402 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -