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    in the future. When a child experiences emotional abuse and emotional neglect, this can lead to psychological distress later on in life. Emotional and mental abuse is defined as a form of abuse by a person who is exposing another behavior which may result in psychological trauma. This affects the child negatively in the long-run and can lead to anxiety, depression, and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. Emotional and mental neglect is when the caregiver fails to provide emotional

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    abuse and think of physical abuse. While, many people are correct in thinking of physical abuse, an “Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)” study done by the CDC shows that although physical abuse is the leading form of child abuse, emotional or psychological abuse is the second leading form of child abuse (2014). Although one would think sexual abuse along with physical abuse would be the prominent form of abuse, this is not the case. One of the major reasons emotional neglect is more prominent than

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    Child abuse can be reduced with proper education of the parents and with greater public awareness. Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. There are four major categories: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and child sexual abuse (Levi, Lo, Selby, and Vandenburg). Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to

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    violation, and exploitation of a child by a person who a child knows well. Most of the time it is caused by parents, family members, and educators at home, school, or a different place where a child is defenseless. Child abuse causes physical and psychological problems within the child. Therefore, both

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    The risk factors in this family are the physical harm that dad is hurting mom. The mom is frightened to be at home, there are there some psychological and interpersonal disruptions in this family. This may be leading with the son and daughter to behave in the same manner. Problems in the marital subsystem might be causing some emotional insecurity in the children. When parents become aggression, the children may have sleep problems as well as emotional insecurity in the children (Kelly & El-Sheikh

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    wanted to know more about the study of hysteria. Among those interested in learning more we can find Sigmund Freud, Pierre Janet, and William James. For Sigmund Freud, hysteria became an enigma mostly because it was frequently identified as a disorder suffered by women. Through his conversations with women who suffered panic symptoms, he identified past traumatic experiences as the main cause of this syndrome. Freud findings helped to gain a better understanding of the symptoms of hysteria. Freud’s

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    Intro This world is controlled and operated by individuals. Within this world, there are different varieties of beliefs and values. The law is around to keep individuals corrected. However, there are cases that have not been solved or not stopped by the law. Child abuse is common. Child abuse can be caused by a variety of reasons. Scientist have been studying and they have some ideas on what prompt people to harm children (Ian Hacking). They are trying to end child abuse, but there is so much they

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    Domestic violence is a single act or a pattern of cruel acts in any relationship that a partner uses to get or keep power and control over another partner. The violence can be sexual, physical, economic, emotional, or psychological actions or threats of actions that impacts another person. Any actions that manipulate, intimidate, isolate, humiliate, terrorize, frighten, threaten, coerce, hurt, blame, wound, or injure someone can be domestic violence (The United States Department of Justice). Other

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    lives are when he or she are most vulnerable to negative developmental effects due to trauma. More than half of the school age children in domestic violence shelters show clinical levels of anxiety or post traumatic stress disorders. (Myers, 2002) “Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional illness that usually develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience” (Edwards, 2009). Because children in these early ages have little understanding

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    It could be through. "Physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological abuse." Violence or abuse, degrades a person of their dignity and self esteem. It also leaves many with mental disorders or diseases, such as

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