Elliot- Child Abuse

Question 1

What are the long term consequences of child abuse?

Answer 1

Psychological and functional damage
Substance abuse
Delinquinch
learned aggressiveness
abuse potential
obesity
suicide

Question 2

What is the most common type of abuse?

Answer 2

Sexual (22%)

Physical and psychological (each at 11%)

Question 3

Physicians are mandated to report suspected cases of child abuse to the authorities in MN.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the types of child abuse?

Answer 4

Physical- 15%
Sexual- 10%
Emotional
Neglect- leading (>75%)

Question 5

What is the law for reporting child abuse?

Answer 5

MS 626.556

Question 6

Child abuse is an expression of family pathology.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Most people who were abused as children become violent adults.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What percent of perpetrators were raised in a violent home?

Answer 8

33%
25% observed mother repeatedly abused
19% drug abuse
10% alcohol abuse

Question 9

The techinical diagnosis of child abuse is easy compared to the difficulty of managing the physicians emotional response to the abuse.

Answer 9

True.

Question 10

More women are the perpetrators of child physical violence, more men are the abusers in child sexual violence.

Answer 10

True

Men- sexual abuse 75%
Females- physical abuse 54%
Males- domestic violence

Question 11

A child with these injuries comes to the doctor when the injury occurs.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The parent of an abused child gives clear explanation of how and when the injuries occurred.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Bruises on padded areas of the body (butt and cheeks) are considered inflicted injuries until proven otherwise.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Bruises on the skin over bony prominences (chin, elbow, shins, forehead) are considered inflicted until proven otherwise.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Most parents who batter their children grew up in violent homes.

Answer 15

False

Only 33% grew up in violent homes

Question 16

The behaviors of children who have been abused are extreme (aggressive or withdrawn)

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Burns, bruises, welts, fractures and lacerations can all be evidence of inflicted injury.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

FTT can be an indicator of child abuse.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Families that abuse children are well integrated into the community.

Answer 19

False

Often isolated- common characteristic of abuse

Question 20

Children who are abused dislike the abusing parent.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Child sexual abuse occurs largely among lower SELs.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Child abuse is a family secret that is carefully protected.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Families in which abuse is on-going have many friends.

Answer 23

False- isolation is an issue

Question 24

Normal child development is well understood by abusing families.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Children who have been abused have strong self esteem.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Children who ahve been abused believe they caused the abuse

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Children who are being abused learn to separate from tehir emotions to cope with the experiences.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

One female in four and one male in seven has been sexually abused before age 18.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The child’s and the parent’s behaviors are evidence of sexual abuse and need to be documented in the medical record.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

The family structure of abusing families is rigid and emeshed.

Answer 30

True
Rigid- parents behave towards kids at 14 same as 8
Enmeshed- no doors in the household, know everything that’s going on in child’s life