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Descriptor English: Child Abuse
Descriptor Spanish: Maltrato a los Niños
Descriptor maltrato infantil
Entry term(s) abandono de menores
maltrato de menores
maltrato de niños
negligencia infantil
Scope note: Maltrato de un menor en el seno de una familia, institución o en cualquier otro entorno. (Traducción libre del original: APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994).
Descriptor Portuguese: Maus-Tratos Infantis
Descriptor French: Maltraitance des enfants
Entry term(s): Abuse, Child
Child Maltreatment
Child Mistreatment
Child Neglect
Maltreatment, Child
Mistreatment, Child
Neglect, Child
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.856.350.250
I01.880.735.900.350.250
SP9.242.569.803.872.733
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002649
Scope note: Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Annotation: check the tag CHILD or specific
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DI diagnosis
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
TH therapy
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65(64)
Related: Shaken Baby Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 2696
Unique ID: D002649
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Child Abuse - Preferred
Concept UI M0004047
Scope note Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Preferred term Child Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Child
Child Maltreatment
Child Mistreatment
Maltreatment, Child
Mistreatment, Child
Child Neglect - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004048
Preferred term Child Neglect
Entry term(s) Neglect, Child



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