References: Baer, J., & Martinez, D. (2006). Child maltreatment and insecure attachment: A meta-analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 24(3): 187-197.…
Physical abuse can lead directly to neurological damage, physical injuries, disability and in extreme cases death. Physical abuse has been linked to aggressive behaviour in children, emotional and behavioural problems and learning difficulties. (Source: /www.secasa.co).…
Physical abuse: Those Vulnerable adults who had experienced physical abuse can have a short term and a significant impact on the person’s life. A short term affect would be if a service provider were to continuously beat a service user this can leave bruises on their body. This would mean the vulnerable adult needs medical attention and if they don’t get this it can affect their health due to the bruises left on the service user body. This would leave the service user in pain and agony which could lead to the service user self-harming themselves. For example an old adult who is vulnerable and are being abuse by service provider would have less physical strength and less physical flexibility or could already have disabilities or impairments which makes them vulnerable. With older people their bones can break more easily and takes long to heal.…
Abuse and violence can take lots of different forms. Physical abuse is where someone is physically injured by someone else. Sexual abuse involves someone being made or forced to do any kind of sexual activity. I am choosing these two types of abuse to write about the immediate and long term effects.…
There are many different types of abuse and they can effect people in different ways.…
“Harm is to be taken to include not only ill treatment (including sexual abuse and forms of ill treatment which are not physical) but also the impairment of or an avoidable deterioration in physical or mental health and the impairment of physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural development:” No Secrets (DH/Home Office 2000) based on the Children Act…
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on august 29, 1958. He was born into a regular middle class African American family. His family has some music affiliation in the past but nothing like what was to come from their youngest son of five.…
There are many types of harm like physical abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse ,sexual abuse .In health and social care settings we could see those type of…
There are many effects which may cause a person’s health and well-being due to different forms of abuse. Each form of abuse will have different effects and each person will be affected differently. Some people may react to the effects of abuse with self-neglect and self-harm, where as others may become aggressive or have mood swings.…
It is also the most difficult to define because it is often at times connected to the other forms of abuse. For instance, a child’s injuries may eventually heal but the psychological trauma from the events may not. A lot of children are haunted by their abuse for years and some never fully recover. Psychological maltreatment is split into two categories: emotional/psychological neglect and emotional/psychological abuse. Emotional and psychological neglect includes insufficient nurturance, refusing to provide sufficient care for the child, allowing for maladaptive behavior such as delinquency or drug abuse, and insufficient affection ( ). While emotional and psychological abuse consists of emotional and/or verbal assaults, threatening the child, or close confinement. Ultimately, psychological abuse is a pattern of mentally destructive behavior not an isolated…
Carl Jung once said “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become”. One can infer that this means people are in charge of their destiny, their choice regarding the events in their life defines who they are as a person. Individuals are consistently experiencing a plethora of events. These events are on a spectrum that ranges from traumatic to pleasant. Traumatic events that occur can be natural or man-made. Natural traumatic events include earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, snow storms, and volcanic eruptions. Man-made events include war, torture, kidnappings, and abuse. Within the world, abuse is often inflicted on children. Child abuse is a social issue that inflicts lasting trauma and can lead to a plethora of issues. These issues…
Injury control and harm reduction is a strategy to prevent someone from getting hurt or harmed. Injury control and harm reduction pertain more to ages two through six. Children ages two through six do not understand the risks and dangers in simple and difficult tasks in life, so the parents and guardians of the child obtain a way to minimize the risks. One way to reduce harm and control injuries is to install baby gates to prevent a child from entering a part of the home where it is unsafe like a stairway. Another way to reduce harm and control injuries for a child is to keep away unnecessary objects around the house to prevent children from shoving in their mouths or choking on.…
This paper will discuss child abuse and neglect and the lasting effects left on a child. The main types of abuse and neglect explained are emotional abuse, psychological abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, medical neglect, educational neglect, emotional neglect, and physical neglect. Included are some warning signs of these different types of abuse and neglect and the legal definitions of each. It is important to understand that all of these forms of abuse and neglect are different and contain varying symptoms, signs, and effects. In addition, the paper discusses suggestions on how to mediate some of these forms of abuse and neglect, including better reporting programs and better parental education. With each different form of abuse and neglect children are left with a multitude of problems and obstacles to face in the future. Throughout the paper and use of statistics, it is evident that child abuse and neglect is a much more serious problem than most of the public is aware.…
The Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect and the Long Term Effects on Human Development from Infancy to Adulthood…
Of all the problems facing today 's modern society, none are more critical than that of child abuse. With today 's knowledge and new methods of stopping and preventing child abuse, the problem would seemingly be on the verge of non-existence. Ironically, the problem continues to evolve with the times, and becomes more and more complex. When considering the many facets of the complicated problem of child abusethe different types of abuse, justifying what is and is not abuse, appropriating punishment for abuse, etc.its no wonder the problem seems to never go away. When analyzing the matter critically, the problem with child abuse becomes even more complicated.…