Child Maltreatment Flashcards
Approximately 80% of the children that die from abuse are under the age of
4
International abuse or neglect is defined by three things
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on what document?
Death certificates
More than 90% of children abused are abused by who?
People they know
About 30% of abuse or neglected children will later
Abuse their own
About 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for at least one
Psychological disorder
The most reported abuse is at 73.8% is called
Neglect
Failure to provide for the child’s basic needs is called
Neglect
Changes in self confidence with complaints of a stomach ache, abnormal fears, more nightmares may be signs of
Abuse
Illness that one person fabricates or Induces in another
Münchausen syndrome by proxy
Violently shaking
Shaken baby syndrome
If there is sheering of the brain
Abuse
A bump would not indicate
Abuse
Sleepy, irritable, vomiting, respiratory compromise, coma, and death are signs of
Shaken baby syndrome
What is a tell-tale sign of shaken baby syndrome?
Retinal hemorrhage
