Understanding and preventing child abuse and neglect The Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect or child maltreatment as: 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 Neglect is a failure to meet the child’s basic needs
EldEr AbusE NEglEct - American Psychological Association (APA) Every year an estimated 4 million older Americans are victims of physical, psychological, or other forms of abuse and neglect Those statistics may not tell the whole story For every case of elder abuse and neglect reported to authorities, experts estimate as many as 23 cases go undetected The quality of life of older individuals who experi-ence abuse is severely jeopardized, as they often
Microsoft Word - Child Abuse Web Article print version _2_. doc Neglect is a failure to meet the child’s basic needs e g , not providing enough food, shelter or basic supervision, necessary medical or mental health treatment, adequate education or emotional comfort Physical abuse refers to the injury of a child on purpose, e g , striking, kicking, beating, biting or any action that leads to physical injury Sexual abuse is the use, persuasion, or
Elder abuse: How to spot warning signs, get help, and report mistreatment Caregiver neglect, which can be intentional or unintentional, and involves intentionally failing to meet the physical, social, or emotional needs of the older person Neglect can include failure to provide food, water, clothing, medications, and assistance with activities of daily living or help with personal hygiene
Childhood psychological abuse as harmful as sexual or physical abuse Researchers used the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set to analyze data from 5,616 youths with lifetime histories of one or more of three types of abuse: psychological maltreatment (emotional abuse or emotional neglect), physical abuse and sexual abuse
Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults CAPTA is a federal policy that incentivized states to create mandated reporting rules for abuse and neglect, and to adopt definitions of child abuse and child neglect that meet or surpass federal definitions
Racial stereotyping and misdiagnosis of child abuse In particular, the stereotype linking race to child abuse leads medical professionals to think of black parents as poor, uneducated, stressed and drug-involved, and to view battering and neglect as part of an intergenerational cycle in black families