Sentences with phrase «as neglect or abuse»

A new King's College London study supports the notion that multiple personality disorder is rooted in traumatic experiences such as neglect or abuse in childhood, rather than being related to suggestibility or proneness to fantasy.

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Perhaps the most common use of the language of parental rights is to protect the possessive claims of those whose history of abuse or neglect as parents has largely undermined their claim to the title.
This is the natural consequence of the logic of exchange as the foundation of worth and value: if worth is based upon what one has or knows or achieves, those who have little by society's standards become worthless and expendable, objects of scorn, neglect and abuse.
Sadly the church (as the religious in the times of Jesus) has those that like the status but neglect the «true religion» in the biblical case of looking after widows and orphans or caring for the abused.
Researchers often attribute attention deficit disorder to environmental factors such as parental neglect or mental abuse.
As I said in http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/no-cry-it-out/#comment-129"rel = «nofollow» > Comment 8, «If someone else is on the verge of having a complete breakdown, is at extreme risk of neglecting or abusing themselves or their kids during the day due to nighttime problems or feels that their marriage is going to fall apart, then they need to do something about their sleep situation.
I guess my message is — babies (short of neglect or abuse) will survive one way or other as long as they're fed.
There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is usually the result of a disruption of or trauma to the attachment process such as a history of physical or sexual abuse, neglect and / or frequent change in caregivers within the first three years of a child's life.
Similarly, «grandparent» volunteers who massaged neglected or abused children were less stressed (as measured by cortisol levels in their urine), needed to make fewer trips to the doctor and reported higher self - esteem.
More than 3 million American children are investigated for child maltreatment each year, and 800,000 children — about one in every hundred — are identified by state agencies as having been abused or neglected.
As long as no one's children are at risk of being neglected or abused (or their choices affect the well - being of your children), live and let live — just don't talk about iAs long as no one's children are at risk of being neglected or abused (or their choices affect the well - being of your children), live and let live — just don't talk about ias no one's children are at risk of being neglected or abused (or their choices affect the well - being of your children), live and let live — just don't talk about it.
From those investigations, 800,000 children are identified as abused or neglected.
Unfortunately, parents whose main offense was poverty, as opposed to abuse or actual neglect, get lumped in with the crack whores in the public imagination.
When parental attachments don't form properly (as a result of abuse, neglect or harmful parenting), the child is less likely to develop a strong sense of independence.
Recognizing Child Abuse: What Parents Should Know Prevent Child Abuse Presents potential behavioral indicators of abuse in children, parents, and children and parent interactions as well as specific signs that the child or parent / caregiver may exhibit with cases of physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and negAbuse: What Parents Should Know Prevent Child Abuse Presents potential behavioral indicators of abuse in children, parents, and children and parent interactions as well as specific signs that the child or parent / caregiver may exhibit with cases of physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and negAbuse Presents potential behavioral indicators of abuse in children, parents, and children and parent interactions as well as specific signs that the child or parent / caregiver may exhibit with cases of physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and negabuse in children, parents, and children and parent interactions as well as specific signs that the child or parent / caregiver may exhibit with cases of physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and negabuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and negabuse, and neglect.
While it is absolutely true that ongoing stress is bad for a baby's brain, the stress that is shown to cause developmental problems is the chronic stress suffered by babies who are abused or neglected, or void of any parental figure in their life (such as babies born in orphanages in China).
This can be common with orphaned or adopted children, as well as those who are neglected, abused, or abandoned in early years.
In some cases, they may abuse or neglect their children just as they themselves were once abused or neglected.
But children can also develop sensory processing difficulties from sensory deprivation experienced early in life, especially those in the foster care system, those who've been adopted, and those who've experienced a traumatic early childhood such as in cases of overt abuse or neglect.
If you are an adult who is a recipient of neglect or abuse, seek emergency assistance as soon as possible.
They blocked a bid by Uber and other car sharing services to expand outside of New York City, as well as a proposal to require 911 to be called for any suspected abuse or neglect of disabled people in state custody.
Additionally, it should be noted that vast majority of deaths reported to the Justice Center are due to things such as old age, or other causes unrelated to abuse and neglect
Child abuse can be conducted by both commission, such as with sexual assault, or by omission, as in the case of neglect or abandonment.
«As the safe haven for hundreds of abused or neglected animals a year, New Beginning Animal Rescue is a treasure the Bronx can not afford to lose.
Examining the validity of the Justice Center's decision to unsubstantiate allegations of abuse or neglect would be an inappropriate audit objective as OSC does not have the legal expertise to make such an assessment.»
«Medical providers are an invaluable community partner in this endeavor, as they are often the first to suspect a child may be injured due to abuse or neglect.
Allegations made by mandated reporters, such as medical providers, are more likely than other allegations to result in a determination that there is credible evidence that the child was abused or neglected.
As I argued, to test evolutionary psychology's hypothesis, we need to look at physically abused children, not sexually abused children or children who were the victims of very broadly defined neglect.
The study examined levels of the weight - regulating hormones leptin, adiponectin and irisin in the blood of adults who endured physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect as children.
The study found dysregulation of these hormones in people who had been abused or neglected as children.
The study, conducted at the University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center and published online today in Child Maltreatment, found that mothers who experienced more types of abuse as children — sexual abuse, physical or emotional abuse, and physical or emotional neglect — have higher levels of self - criticism, and therefore greater doubt in their ability to be effective parents.
Adversity is commonly defined as anything children perceive as a threat to their physical safety or that jeopardizes their family or social structure, including emotional, physical or sexual abuse, neglect, bullying by peers, violence at home, parental divorce, separation or death, parental substance abuse, living in a neighborhood with high crime rates, homelessness, discrimination, poverty and the loss of a relative or another loved one.
In Texas, maltreatment is defined as neglectful supervision, physical abuse, physical neglect, medical neglect, sexual abuse, abandonment, emotional abuse or refusal to assume parental responsibility.
Premature infants weighing less than 3.5 pounds and infants and children who have been identified as victims of child abuse or neglect are eligible for enrollment.
In other words, individuals who are abused or neglected as children have a higher risk for developing an anxiety disorder, but whether or not it manifests depends in part on their innate ability to cope with stressful situations, «internal resources,» personality traits, and social support system.
Otherwise, by abusing or neglecting a section of your body that is even more exposed to external environments than your skin, you're setting yourself up for subpar performance that unfortunately is often simply accepted as part of the fueling perils of endurance events.
INNER BONDING is a deep self - healing process that works, regardless of your spiritual or religious background or how severely you might have been abused, neglected, or indulged as a child.
A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that significant adversity during childhood (e.g., from abuse or neglect, exposure to violence, deep and persistent poverty, and / or the cumulative burdens of racial or ethnic discrimination) can contribute to lifelong problems in learning, behavior, and chronic health impairments such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes cancer, and depression, among many others.
The measure of child maltreatment incorporates formal investigations relating to potential child neglect as well as abuse (sexual or physical) that occur prior to grade 3.
However, we now have a much greater understanding of the impact of experiences such as neglect, abuse, poverty, family violence, or lack of a healthy connection with a primary attachment figure.
«They are one of the professionals at the front - line identifying abuse or neglect, as well as supporting children with a host of other issues — whether that's mental health, age - appropriate relationships and sex education or healthy eating.
Even for a pediatrician like Nadine Burke Harris, who works with children who experience trauma, the data are startling: Nearly two - thirds of adults report having at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, or a family crisis.
It isn't always as obvious as it seems; in classrooms and online, students feel let down, neglected, or outright abused by teachers all too often.
Pavan Dhaliwal, director of public affairs and policy at the BHA, said: «We acknowledge, of course, that there are plenty of «faith» schools out there in which problems of this kind described in some of the blogs do not arise, or do not arise to the same extent, but it remains the case that there are a huge number of people out there who have experienced indoctrination, misinformation, discrimination, neglect, and abuse during their childhoods as a result of the extensive freedoms and pervasive lack of oversight that «faith» schools of all kinds enjoy.
More than 15 million children are living in poverty, and they are more than twice as likely as their more affluent peers to be exposed to multiple adverse experiences including trauma, abuse, or neglect [19][20].
High - quality early childhood education has the greatest positive effect on children from lower socioeconomic status and children who are at risk because of family or community circumstances such as poverty and abuse / neglect, and children with disabilities and special needs (Stegelin, 2004).
Thanks to the leadership of Governor Fallin, House Floor Leader Jon Echols, and Senator A.J. Griffin, some of Oklahoma's neediest children will have access to a broader array of educational options, and more families will be financially able to serve as foster or adoptive parents while providing the best life possible for previously abused and neglected children.
Home education shouldn't be used as an excuse hiding abuse or neglect.
Children may feel unsafe in their neighborhoods; their housing and transportation systems may be inconsistent or non-existent (Walsh 2015, 131); they may not have access to medical services and nutritious food; and they may suffer from traumas such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect (Sajnani et al. 2014, 209).
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