Chapter 14 Child Abuse and Neglect

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Chapter 14Child Abuse and Neglect
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Child Maltreatment

• Child maltreatment
• Physical abuse
• Neglect
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Non-accidental trauma
• Vicitimization

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Figure 14.2 Percentages of types of maltreatment.
Source U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (USDHHS, 2001).
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Figure 14.1 Continuum of Parental Emotional
Sensitivity and Expression (based on Wolfe,
1991).
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Developmental Consequences

• Early attachment and emotion regulation
• Brain development
• Emerging views of self and others
• Emotional and Behavioral Problems
• Psychopathology

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Figure 14.3 An integrated model of physical child
abuse. (D. A. Wolfe, 1999)
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Prevention and Treatment

• Parent-training/support
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Dialectical-behavior therapy
• Family-Therapy if not contra-indicated