Psychological Effects Of Child Abuse Essay
All over the world, children are being abused mentally and physically everyday. It is important that people know the different psychological disorders and symptoms that children have due to the abuse they go through. It is also important as a parent, medical worker, officer, educator, and many others to be able to identify child abuse and the psychological disorders and symptoms in order to help protect that child or children. This paper will provide evidence to answer the question: What are potential psychological disorders and symptoms of children who experienced physical or mental abuse?
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Amado, B. G., Arce, R., & Herraiz, A. (2015). Psychological injury in victims of child sexual abuse: A meta-analytic review. Psychosocial Intervention / Intervencion Psicosocial, 24(1), 49-62. doi:10.1016/j.psi.2015.03.002 “The World Health Organization (WHO, 1999) defines child sexual abuse (CSA) as involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or that violates the laws or social taboos of society” (p. 50). This definition states that a child is not developed mentally enough to consent to the involvement of any kind of sexual activities and/or …show more content…
124). The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect determined that in 1994 over 2 million reports were made due to maltreatment of a child or children. 33% were physically assaulted, and 75% said they were hit, slapped, or spanked. Other forms of physical abuse includes bruises, welts, fractures, burns, bites, poisoning, internal injuries, drowning, smothering,gaging, shaking, and cutting. Physical abuse can cause a variety of different mental health issues. The amount of physical abuse and the extremity of the abuse may change the amount of mental
Annotated Bibliography
Amado, B. G., Arce, R., & Herraiz, A. (2015). Psychological injury in victims of child sexual abuse: A meta-analytic review. Psychosocial Intervention / Intervencion Psicosocial, 24(1), 49-62. doi:10.1016/j.psi.2015.03.002 “The World Health Organization (WHO, 1999) defines child sexual abuse (CSA) as involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or that violates the laws or social taboos of society” (p. 50). This definition states that a child is not developed mentally enough to consent to the involvement of any kind of sexual activities and/or …show more content…
124). The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect determined that in 1994 over 2 million reports were made due to maltreatment of a child or children. 33% were physically assaulted, and 75% said they were hit, slapped, or spanked. Other forms of physical abuse includes bruises, welts, fractures, burns, bites, poisoning, internal injuries, drowning, smothering,gaging, shaking, and cutting. Physical abuse can cause a variety of different mental health issues. The amount of physical abuse and the extremity of the abuse may change the amount of mental