Abuse of children and adolescence

Childhood and adolescent abuse (MTIA) is a serious and complex global public health problem with potentially devastating effects on the physical and mental health and well-being of people throughout their lives. This is a health issue that, although it was not recognized until a few decades ago, has very serious consequences on the lives of these future adult children and their families. By adopting various forms and modalities (violence, abuse, neglect and others), it is highly prevalent and has serious repercussions on personal development and both mental and physical morbidity. PHC professionals can play a key role in the detection of MTIA, in its exploration, in the adoption of the first therapeutic or mitigating measures, in the implementation of the care network for these cases, and in the follow-up in the medium and long term of abuse situations. This PAPPS subprogram, for attention to abuse of children and adolescents, attempts to provide some basic lines on each of these sections. (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).