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Editorial
. 2025 May 28;12(6):694.
doi: 10.3390/children12060694.

Editorial on Child Abuse and Neglect II

Eva Möhler  1
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Editorial

Editorial on Child Abuse and Neglect II

Eva Möhler. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

This second Special Issue in Children on child abuse and neglect continues the intense scientific debates on the prevention, assessment, and treatment of different forms of maltreatment against children [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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