ABUSE AND NEGLECT: ADULT, ELDER & CHILD
RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS
(SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CHILD ABUSE)
What Is Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse? Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult is abuse of: Someone 65 years old or older; or. A dependent adult, who is someone between 18 and 64 that has certain mental or physical disabilities that keep him or her from being able to do normal activities or protect himself or herself.
The law says elder or dependent adult abuse is: Physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction (taking the person out of the state against his or her will), or other behavior that causes physical harm, pain, or mental suffering
World Patients: 6%
Sex Ratio: M:2W
Symptoms: Poor Physical or Mental Condition or Lack of Self-Care
Progression: Declining Coping Skills or Death; One study of financial abuse showed an average of $186,000 stolen.
Causes: Abused by families or caregivers; Poverty was a major factor.
Youtube Video: Elder abuse can happen to anyone, even your parents.
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Support Groups: States Differ. In Iowa use “Dependent Adult Services” 1-800-362-2718.
If the person is in danger, dial “911.”)
Contact your own state’s Department of Human Services for possible support groups.
CHILD ABUSE
“Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation“; or. “An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”
World Patients: 6%
Sex Ratio: M:2W
Symptoms: Poor Physical or Mental Condition or Lack of Self-Care
Progression: Declining Coping Skills or Death; One study of financial abuse showed an average of $186,000 stolen.
Causes: Abused by families or caregivers; Poverty was a major factor.
Youtube Video: How to Recognize Child Abuse and Neglect
Amazon or Library Book:
Please Tell
Amazon or Library Book:
Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook
Support Group: childhelp.org;800-422-4453 (ChildHelp USA; National Child Abuse Hotline)
RESOURCES FOR PHYSICIANS, COUNSELORS AND RESEARCHERS
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- New insights into the effects of type and timing of childhood maltreatment on brain morphometryby Yasmin Grauduszus on May 18, 2024
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is known to influence brain development. To obtain a better understanding of related brain alterations, recent research has focused on the influence of the type and timing of CM. We aimed to investigate the association between type and timing of CM and local brain volume. Anatomical magnetic resonance images were collected from 93 participants (79 female/14 male) with a history of CM. CM history was assessed with the German Interview Version of the "Maltreatment and...
- Childhood adversity, accelerated GrimAge, and associated health consequencesby Zachary M Harvanek on May 18, 2024
Childhood adversity is linked to psychological, behavioral, and physical health problems, including obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Epigenetic alterations are one pathway through which the effects of early life stress and adversity might persist into adulthood. Epigenetic mechanisms have also been proposed to explain why cardiometabolic health can vary greatly between individuals with similar Body Mass Index (BMIs). We evaluated two independent cross-sectional cohorts of adults without...
- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience, and Cardiovascular Disease in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Studyby Lindsay F Schwartz on May 13, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: ACEs and resilience do not appear to contribute to CVD risk for adult survivors of childhood cancer with cardiotoxic treatment exposures.
- Differential constellations of dissociative symptoms and their association with childhood trauma - a latent profile analysisby Judith K Daniels on May 13, 2024
Background: While several studies documented a positive correlation between childhood maltreatment severity and dissociation severity, it is currently unknown whether specific dissociative symptoms cluster together among individuals with childhood trauma histories ranging from none to severe.Objective: We aimed to explore symptom constellations across the whole spectrum of dissociative processing from patients with severe dissociative disorders to healthy controls and relate these to...