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.
Amazon or Library Book:
Rejected, Shamed Blamed
Amazon or Library Book:
Adult Children of Abusive Parents
Click the book to Link and/or Order from Amazon.
Click the book to Link and/or Order from Amazon.
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.
- Intergenerational transmission of childhood interpersonal trauma in adults entering therapy for intimate partner violence: The role of identity diffusionby Janik Gélinas on January 25, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the relevance of trauma-sensitive and identity-focused interventions that consider familial history and gender identity to effectively address the intergenerational transmission of trauma.
- Lifetime stressors relate to invisible symptoms of multiple sclerosisby Carri S Polick on January 24, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: This work supports a relationship between stressors across the lifespan and fatigue, pain, and psychiatric morbidity in PwMS. Stressor severity may have an important role which may not be captured in count-based trauma measurement tools. Clinicians and researchers should consider lifetime stress when addressing fatigue, pain, and psychiatric morbidity among PwMS.
- Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Studyby Lara Engelke on January 24, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: Results of studies can be heavily impacted by the sampling strategy. Scientists are advised to collect relevant explaining variables (covariates) that are possibly related to sample selection and the outcome under investigation. This approach enables us to identify the individuals to whom the results apply and to combine findings from different studies. Furthermore, if data on the distribution of these explanatory variables in the population are available, it becomes possible to...
- Sex/gender differences in the associations between adverse childhood experiences and intimate partner violence with mental disorders and attempted suicide: Variations by race/ethnicityby Courtenay Cavanaugh on January 23, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: Findings show sex/gender differences in associations between trauma and mental health problems that vary by race/ethnicity and warrant further study. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).