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1
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When was abuse recognized as a problem

A

70s

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Amount of children who are sexually victimized or recieve harsh physical punishment

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1/10

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4 acts of maltreatent

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Neglect
physical
sexual
emotional abuse

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Non-accidental trauma

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Ranging effects of maltreatment on physical and emotional development

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Victimization

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Abuse or maltreatment of a person with limited ability to protect themselves

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Roman law of chastisement

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Husband could beat his wife with a stick as long as it was bigger around his thumb

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7
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Church doctrine

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Spare the rod and spoil the child

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1989

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Convention of rights of children recognized exploitation and abuse of children

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9
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Healthy families depend on..

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parental competence
family circumstances
community resources

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Infants need

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Protective and nurturing adults, opportunities for socialization within culture

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Older children need

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Supportive family, peer contact, opportunity to master and explore environment

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Positive end

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Healthy child rearing promotes child development

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Middle range

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Dysfunctional actions represent irresponsible and harmful child care

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Negative end

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Violate child’s basic needs in an abusive manner or through neglect

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15
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Child abuse prevention and treatment act definition

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Acts that result in death, serious physical or emotional harm, or act or failure to act that presents imminent risk

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16
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Where is child abuse listed in DSM

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Axis 1: Other conditions that may be focus of clinical attention– psychosocial/environmental problems

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Physical abuse

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Injuries result of discipline or severe physical punishment– often unintentional

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Physical neglect

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Refusal or delay in seeking healthcare, expulsion from home, abandonment and inadequate supervision

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Educational neglect

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Allowing chronic truancy, failing to enrol child in school, failing to attend to special education needs

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Emotional neglect

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Inattention to child’s need for affection, refusal or failure to provide psychological care, spousal abuse in child’s presence, permission to use drugs or alcohol

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Sexual abuse

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Fondling child’s genitals, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism and commercial exploitation through prostitution or pornography

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22
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amount of sexually abused kids who don’t show or report symptoms

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1/3

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emotional abuse

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Repeated acts or omissions that may cause serious behavioural, cognitive, emotional or mental disorders

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24
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Amount of exploited children

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10 million

25
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Greatest risk factor for exploitation

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poverty

26
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Amount of investigations and confirmed reports

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3.5 million investigations

1/3 are confirmed

27
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Amount of maltreatment victims

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1 million

28
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% of cases that are neglect

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78.4

29
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% of cases that are physical abuse

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11%

30
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% of cases that are sexual abuse

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7.6%

31
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% of cases that are psychological maltreatment

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7.6%

32
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Amount of kids suffering more than 1 form of maltreatment

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1/4

33
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Life time prevalence of sexual abuse

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  1. 3% male

12. 8% female

34
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Life time prevalence of physical abuse

A
  1. 2% male

21. 1% female

35
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% of sexual abuse victims that are female

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80%

36
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% of children sexually abused by people other than parents

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50%

37
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% of cases where mother is perpetrator of neglect

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90%

38
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Most common perpetrator, other than sexual abuse

A

Mother younger than 30

39
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Personality characteristics

A

Positive self esteem and sense of self

40
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Attachment style of maltreated infants

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Insecure- disorganized

41
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effects on neurobiology

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Long term alterations in HPA axis and norepinephrine systems

42
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Affected brain areas

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Hippocampus
Pre-frontal cortex
Amygdala

43
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Signs of maltreated boys and girls

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Boys show heightened aggression

Girls show internalizing signs of distress

44
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cycle of violence hypothesis

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Victims of violence have greater chance of becoming perpetrators themselves

45
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Mood and affect

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Depression, emotional distress, suicidal ideation

46
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Amount of victims meeting PTSD criteria

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1/2

47
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Amount of victims with lifetime PTSD

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1/3

48
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Traumatic sexualization

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child’s sexual knowledge and behaviour shaped in developmentally innapropriate ways

49
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Relational disorder

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Abuse and neglect more common during periods of stressful role transitions for parents, oppositional periods of testing limits and family disruption

50
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Premediated

A

Sexual abuse is often purposeful and intentional, trying to break child’s resistance

51
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% of maltreatment caused by parent psychopathology

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10%

52
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Integrated model

A

Parental and situational factors interact over time to increase or decrease risk pf physical abuse or neglect

53
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% of pedophiles awrae of interests before 17

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50%

54
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Traits that pedophiles target

A

Family problems
Spending a lot of time alone
Seem unsure of themselves

55
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Costs of maltreatment

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$124 billion

56
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5 criteria for PTSD

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Direct or indirect exposure to trauma
Re-experiencing trauama
Avoidance of triggers
Negative emotional state
Hyper arousal
More than 1 month with impairment
57
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Acute stress disorder

A

Less than 1 month + impairment with 9/14 symptoms

58
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Spanking laws

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Allowed from age 2-12

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