Child Psychiatry: Child Abuse Flashcards
1
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- What are the 4 General Principles Concerning the Rights of the Child/Children
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- All children should not be discriminated
- Children have a right to survival and development in all aspects of their lives
- Best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions and actions affecting the child
- Children should be allowed to express their Opinions
2
Q
- The law which protects Children against
Child Abuse
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RA 7610
3
Q
- Known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code
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PD 603
4
Q
- T or F. PD 603 enumerates children’s rights and it is more comprehensive than RA 7610
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False. PD 603 enumerates children’s rights but RA 7610 is more comprehensive.
5
Q
- Physicians should report case of child abuse within this time period. Failure to report will held him/her liable.
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48 – 72 Hours
6
Q
- T or F: Failure to render immediate treatment to a child is not a form of child abuse but rather a neglect of duty
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False. It is a form of Child Abuse.
7
Q
- Beating your child even just once can already held you liable for abuse
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True
8
Q
- T or F. Physical discipline such as spanking or paddling is not considered abuse as long as it is reasonable and causes no bodily injury to the child
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True
9
Q
- Factors in Interviewing a child who is a victim of abuse
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Language level, Cognitive development, Chronological (storytelling) Capacity, Reluctance to disclose
10
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- T or F. Chronological and Detailed information given by the child will increase the veracity of the story and the accuracy of the incident.
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False. Physician should doubt the veracity of the story if it is too detailed or chronological in order. One should suspect that it is a fabricated story since children are not usually capable of giving such details.
11
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- T or F. Children are usually able to make associations between incidents rather than dates.
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True.
12
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- What are the DON’TS or things that physician should AVOID in conducting an interview with a child
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- Allowing the child to feel in trouble or at fault
- Criticizing the child’s choice of words or language
- Probing or pressing for answers that child seems unwilling to give
- Suggesting an answer to the child
- Displaying shock or disapproval of the parents, the child or the situation
- Forcing the child to remove clothing
- Conducting the interview with a group of interviewers
- Leaving the child alone with a stranger
13
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- What are the things that physician should DO in conducting an interview with a child
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- Making sure that the interviewer is someone the child trusts.
- Conducting the Interview in private
- Sitting next to the child and not across the table or desk
- Asking the child to clarify words/terms that you do not understand
- Being supportive
- Stress that anything that happened was not the child’s fault
- Tell the child if any future action will be required
- Be truthful, do not make promises that you cannot keep
14
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- Red Flags in the interview or assessment of child abuse
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- There is a discrepancy between history given and injuries sustained
- The oral history is incompatible with the child’s development
- The story changes or varies
- There was unreasonable delay before seeking care
- The parent or caretaker denies that there is an injury
- Hostile behavior of parent/caretaker towards the child
15
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- Risk Factors of Physical Abuse
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Prematurity, Intellectual Disability and Physical Handicap
16
Q
- Most common form of injury seen in physical abuse
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Bruising
17
Q
- Give example of behaviors that can be observed in physically abused children
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- Wary of Physical Contact
- Show no expectation of being Comforted by Adults
- Alert for danger
- Continually size up the environment
- Afraid to go home
18
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- Physically abusive parents may show these following behaviors
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- Feel significant guilt
- Delay seeking help for the child’s injuries
- Fearful that the child will be taken away
- Implausible or Incompatible history of the child’s injury with the result of physical findings
- Blaming the sibling, or claiming that the child injured themselves
- History of abuse in their own early lives
- Lack of empathy for the child
- Unrealistic expectations of the child
- Impaired parent – child attachment
19
Q
- A red or purple bruising which is swollen and tender to touch is a hematoma present for how long
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0 – 48 Hours.
20
Q
- A 2 – 3 days old hematoma will appear with this color
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Purple or Bluish