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.
- A longitudinal birth cohort study of child maltreatment and mental disorders using linked statewide child protection and administrative health data for 83,050 Queensland residents from 1983 to 2014by Steve Kisely on November 20, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: This is one of the largest studies of the long-term effects of CM, covering an entire jurisdiction. All types of maltreatment are significantly related to a range of psychiatric disorders requiring hospitalisation. Early identification, intervention and providing appropriate support to individuals who have experienced CM may help mitigate the long-term consequences and reduce the risk of subsequent mental health problems.
- Early life adversity blunts the subjective and physiological relaxation response in healthy adultsby Raphaela J Gaertner on November 14, 2024
While Early Live Adversity (ELA) is a known risk factor for mental and physical diseases, the investigation into the mechanisms behind this connection is ongoing. In the present study, we investigated whether ELA blunts the relaxation response in healthy adults. Using a within-subjects design, we employed a paced breathing exercise (four seconds inhale, six seconds exhale) and a 360° nature video as relaxation interventions while measuring physiological relaxation using heart rate variability...
- Investigating the feasibility of implementing the SafeCare parenting program in birthing centers in Haitiby Sarah McCool on November 13, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Findings support that although there are contextual challenges to a SafeCare implementation in Haiti, birthing centers are ideal and feasible locations in which to deliver SafeCare. Birth center networks may be potential settings in which to disseminate and scale evidence-based programs for improved health outcomes for mothers and children.
- Unravelling the complexity of suicidality: a network analysis of theory-driven and culturally relevant suicide risk factors in a country with high suicide ratesby Jurgita Rimkevičienė on November 10, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest the need to consider cultural context when applying universal suicide theories.