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Abuse & Neglect Flashcards

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Who are the most vulnerable to family violence?

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Women and children

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Physical/emotional abuse that occurs with the family structure.

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Family violence

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Why are families violent?

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  • The amount of time families spend together
  • Power Differentials
  • Size of family
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Any act to a child that results in a non-accidental injury

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Child Physical Abuse

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Physical indicators of child physical abuse.

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  • Unexplained bruises/welts in various stages of healing
  • Unexplained burns in the shape of objects
  • Unexplained lacerations to mouth, lips, arms, legs, and torso.
  • Missing or lessened teeth
  • Human bite marks
  • Bald spots
  • Unexplained abrasions
  • Appearances of injuries after school absence, weekend, or vacation
  • Unexplained skeletal injuries
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Behavioral indicators of child physical abuse

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  • Easily frightened or fearful of adults/ parents, physical contact, or when other children cry.
  • Destructive to self / others
  • Extremes of behavior
  • Poor social relations
  • Runaway / delinquent behavior
  • Learning problems
  • Reporting unbelievable reasons for injuries
  • Complains of soreness or moves awkwardly
  • Accident prone
  • Wears clothing that is clearly meant to cover the body when not appropriate
  • Seems afraid to go home
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Guides for detection of abuse

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  • Location
  • Repetition of injury
  • Appearance of the injury
  • Correlation
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7
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A fictitious disorder in which an adult seeks medical treatment for a fake illness that the child is suffering from

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Munchausen

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Characteristics of abusers

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  • Anger control problems
  • Depression
  • Low self-esteem
  • Inappropriate expectations
  • Lack of empathy
  • Belief in physical punishment
  • Parent - child role reversal
  • Social Isolation
  • Difficulty experiencing pleasure
  • Deprived childhood
  • They did not have a consistent, loving, nurturing environment when they were young.
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Behavioral symptoms of abusive parents

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  • not volunteering info. about their child’s injury / illess
  • being evasive or contradicting themselves regarding the circumstances under which the injury occurred
  • being critical of the child and angry with him / her for being injured
  • giving no indication of feeling guilty / remorseful about the child’s injury
  • showing no concern about treatment
  • often disappearing from the hospital during the examination
  • tending not to visit the child in the hospital during the examination
  • seldom touching or looking at the child
  • changing the story of how the injuries occurred as many as 3 or 4 times
  • blaming anybody but themselves
  • constantly criticizing the child
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10
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Same as binding

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Tethering

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Hitting in the stomach

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Pummeling

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Incredibly rare; usually because of twisting a limb

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Spiral fracture

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Most common type; very uncommon for children under the age of 3

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Rib fracture

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14
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Frustration over crying leads to this

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Gagging

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15
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“Cauliflower ear”

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Ear injuries

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Mostly from shaking

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Neck injuries

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  • water burns are associated with potty training
  • cigarettes and immersion
  • there is a pattern left from a microwave burn
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Burn

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A failure to care for a child’s basic needs

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Child neglect

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Physical indicators of child neglect

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  • poor growth pattern
  • constant hunger / malnutrition
  • poor hygiene, body odor, and life; inappropriate clothing
  • constant lack of supervision, especially for long periods or in dangerous conditions
  • unexplained bruises or injuries as a result of poor supervision
  • unattended physical problems or medical needs such as lack of proper immunizations, gross dental problems, needs glasses / hearing aids
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Behavioral indicators of neglect

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  • child begs or steals food
  • child assumes an excessive amount of responsibility or relies heavily on another child
  • child attends school irregularly, including excessive tardiness
  • child remind at home for excessive hours
  • child abuses drugs and alcohol
  • child falls asleep, is fatigued, or is listless at school
  • child engages in delinquent or status offender behavior or has other contact with juvenile or other law enforcement authorities
  • extended stays in school
  • child states there is no care takers
  • child is unable to form appropriate relationships with peers and adults
  • eating disorders
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Long- term effects of neglect

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  • social and attachment issues
  • development delays
  • intellectual ability
  • emotional and behavioral problems
  • physical consequences
22
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Repeated pattern of behavior that conveys to children to children that they are worthless, uncalled, and not wanted.

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Emotional abuse

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Six categories of child psych maltreatment

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  • spurning
  • terrorizing
  • exploiting / corrupting
  • denying emotional responsiveness
  • isolating
  • mental health / medical / educational neglect
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Verbal and nonverbal hostile rejecting / degrading behaviors

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Spurning

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Caregiver behaviors that harm or threaten harm to a child or a child’s loved ones or possessions

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Terrorizing

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Encouraging inappropriate behaviors in a child

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Exploiting / corrupting

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Ignoring a child’s needs or failing to express positive affect towards a child

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Denying emotional responsiveness

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Denying a child opportunities to interact / communicate with others

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Isolating

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Failing to provide for a child’s needs in these areas

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Mental health / medical / educational neglect

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Self-destructive forms of emotional abuse

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  • obesity
  • drug addiction
  • anorexia / bulimia
  • alcoholism
  • domestic violence
  • child abuse
  • attempted suicide
  • depression
  • fits of rage
31
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Involves the perpetrating of physical, emotional, or threat of abuse or murder by at least one person of an unmarried couple

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Dating violence

32
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Takes many more forms including sexual coercion, unwanted sexual behavior, and outright rape against an unmarried date or acquaintance

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Sexual assault

33
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A series of actions such as harassing, following, or communicating in particular ways that cause the victim to fear for his or her bodily safety

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Stalking

34
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Gamma hydroxybutyrate

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GHB

35
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Special K; powerful animal tranquilizer

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Ketamine

36
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Date rape drug that can be found in Jell-O shots

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Rohypnol

37
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Characteristics that might lead to DV, SA, and ST

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  • direct or indirect exposure to family violence
  • power / control issues
  • feeling powerless in relationships
  • romanticism: “love conquers all”
  • peer influences
  • alcohol/ drug abuse
  • relationship problems
  • gender role socialization and insecure attachments
38
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Violence and abuse that occurs between adult partners who are at least 18 years old, sexually intimate, married or unmarried, and currently or formerly living together

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IPV

( intimate partner violence )

39
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Theories of why people abuse

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  • patriarch
  • acceptance of violence
  • social stress
  • power
  • dependency
  • alcohol
40
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A condition in which a subject does not attempt to escape from a painful situation after learning in a previous, similar situation that escape is not possible

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Learned helplessness

41
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One who has been a victim of physical, sexual, or serious psychological abuse by a man with whom she has an intimate relationship

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Battered woman syndrome

42
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  • the victim begins to praise and idolize the abuser

- they don’t actually have to be hostages, but are made to feel like hostages in their own home

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Hostage / Stockholm syndrome

43
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Why do women stay?

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  • Fear helplessness, guilt, feelings of failure, lack of resources
  • they are at an increased risk for violence when they attempt or claim that they will leave
  • most of the time, the law fails to protect the victim.
44
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Common types of physical abuse:

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  • striking acts
  • throwing or destruction of property
  • control or choking acts
  • repeated beating using objects
  • humiliation

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