Sentences with phrase «psychological harm as»

Even if an abuser never lays hands on them, children who witness domestic abuse often face long - term psychological harm as a result.

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As gay culture is fully normalized in our society, I predict frank reports of the psychological harms brought about by its unhappy, sometimes dark and perverse dimensions.
In the long run, these can cause serious physical as well as psychological harm to them.
Breastfeeding should be continued for at least the first year of life and beyond for as long as mutually desired by mother and child... Increased duration of breastfeeding confers significant health and developmental benefits for the child and the mother... There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychological or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer.»
I believe a lot of women choose homebirth because they truly believe that it is «as safe or safer than hospital» and through fear that being in a hospital will lead to psychological damage / bonding issues and a potentially harmed baby.
The levels of injury and psychological harm caused to women as a result of male violence not only have expensive implications for the state, but they entrench gender inequality.
But for me the most destructive aspect of phenomena such as Let Our Kids Be Kids is how they incite the young to see their problems through the prism of psychological harm.
Not only does this mean that colleges are now awash with therapy groups, workshops such as «Keeping Calm and in Control», «Mindfulness for Depression» «Anxiety 101», but many contemporary free speech disputes are couched in the language of psychological harm.
The team reports that educating youngsters about the risks in an non-patronizing way as well as teaching them about respect and having an open anti-bullying approach to relationships is vital to reduce the risk of children and teens being exposed to potential harm, whether physical or psychological, originating online.
For Michelle it leaves her constantly on edge, with both physical and psychological harm very real minefields she constantly has to navigate as she tries to find some level of engagement with her captor and fellow roommate, while also looking out for her own self - preservation.
Marshall University defines harassment as any expression that causes «mental harm, injury, fear, stigma, disgrace, degradation, or embarrassment,» while Colorado State University at Pueblo explains it as the «infliction of psychological and / or emotional... through any means.»
As a mother myself the thought of a child with psychological issues strong enough to want to harm their mother is downright scary.
Psychological harm can be devastating, as many of us know, and it can last a lifetime.
Defendants have caused psychological and emotional harm to Kelsey as a result of her fear of a changing climate, her knowledge of the impacts that will occur in her lifetime, and her knowledge that Defendants are continuing to cause harms that threaten her life and wellbeing.
(i) Whether or not there is a risk that the child would be subject to the words and deeds, such as physical violence, which would cause physical or psychological harm (referred to as «violence, etc.» in the following item) by the petitioner, in the state of habitual residence;
She exclusively serves people who have suffered physical and psychological harm through motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, occupiers» liability, and other forms of negligence, as well as people whose insurers have failed to provide them the coverage to which they are entitled.
While physical signs of bodily harm may be most apparent, many forms of abuse leave deep, psychological scars, as well.
(ii) Whether or not there is a risk that the respondent would be subject to violence, etc. by the petitioner in such a manner as to cause psychological harm to the child, if the respondent and the child entered into the state of habitual residence;
Hurtful words directed at a child, for example, may have emotional or psychological effects that can harm a child as seriously — or even more seriously — than some incidences of physical or sexual abuse.
We recommend keeping a journal that documents both your injuries and healing process, and well as your personal emotions and any psychological harm associated with the injury.
Support from family and friends to encourage reaching out for psychological treatment is valuable, especially because there may be a tendency to try and ignore that the feelings are causing harm as noted above.
It is critical that you and your loved ones get a complete medical examination as soon as possible so that you can be compensated for all the harm that was done to you, both physical and psychological.
Given the massive nature of trucks, victims» injuries tend to be severe, such as brain injuries, crush injuries, loss of limb, multiple fractures, and spinal cord injuries, to say nothing of the psychological harms they experience.
Accident victims who sustain catastrophic injuries as a direct result of someone else's negligence may be entitled to recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, psychological harm, loss of the ability to function, and loss of spousal support or consortium.
We will also ensure your emotional and psychological harms are taken into consideration as well, so you can collect damages for pain and suffering on top of your economic losses.
In my own case, having researched the matter very carefully, and having unearthed a great deal of contemporary & corroborating psychological and sociological scientific evidence demonstrating the harm caused to children as a result of overseas parental separation, I felt that I had an absolute duty to my children to fight the application.
Additionally, personal injury can also include damage to a person's reputation, such as defamation, or harm caused to a person's mental or emotional well - being, which occurs when a personal injury causes extreme psychological stress, anguish or turmoil.
As the Supreme Court of Canada has previously held, the threshold of harm to a child (both physical or psychological) is a high one, requiring that the harm would amount to an intolerable situation (Thomson, at 596).
What Laskin J.A. characterized as psychological harm is mere disappointment.
As far as the conclusions and recommendations from child custody evaluations, they just make up whatever they want based on their own personal beliefs and inherent personal biases, they then apply some psychological constructs in entirely haphazard and idiosyncratic ways to justify whatever biased and idiosyncratic conclusion was reached, and they usually take a middle - of - the road risk - management response of recommending the status quo with the addition of «reunification therapy» and an admonishment to both parents that the degree of parental conflict is harming the child and that the parents need to co-parent betteAs far as the conclusions and recommendations from child custody evaluations, they just make up whatever they want based on their own personal beliefs and inherent personal biases, they then apply some psychological constructs in entirely haphazard and idiosyncratic ways to justify whatever biased and idiosyncratic conclusion was reached, and they usually take a middle - of - the road risk - management response of recommending the status quo with the addition of «reunification therapy» and an admonishment to both parents that the degree of parental conflict is harming the child and that the parents need to co-parent betteas the conclusions and recommendations from child custody evaluations, they just make up whatever they want based on their own personal beliefs and inherent personal biases, they then apply some psychological constructs in entirely haphazard and idiosyncratic ways to justify whatever biased and idiosyncratic conclusion was reached, and they usually take a middle - of - the road risk - management response of recommending the status quo with the addition of «reunification therapy» and an admonishment to both parents that the degree of parental conflict is harming the child and that the parents need to co-parent better.
It still defines «psychological testing» as only the use of assessment instruments to diagnose mental and nervous disorders, and it keeps intact the explicit exemptions allowing MFTs to use tests that evaluate marital and family functioning and to use mental health symptom screening instruments, and so it does not cause us any harm.
The risks of ordinary therapy to alienated children not only includes increasing psychological harm but may now include medical / health ramifications in the form of consequences from what is referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
It was expressed as overwhelming sadness and hopelessness, and manifest most dramatically by the high prevalence of self - harm in young mothers and psychological symptoms in their children.
Association between discrimination, stress and chronic conditions (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer), as well as smoking, substance use, harms from abuse and violence, poor self - assessed health status and high psychological distress among Indigenous Australians
Association between racism, psychological distress and risk behaviours such as substance abuse and self - harm, as well as physical injury from race - motivated assaults
When the court intervenes in ways that disrupt the child's relationship with the custodial parent, serious psychological harm may occur to the child as well as the parent.»
There would certainly be a place for medication as well as psychological and social treatments, however, far more acknowledgement would be given to the fact that the benefits of medication are wildly overstated while the harms are grossly minimised (Healy, 2012).
In the second case - example, early and sustained psychological trauma arising from childhood sexual abuse had shaped mood and emotional regulation at mid-brain (amygdale and hippocampus in particular), diminishing the woman's capacity as an adult to self - sooth under stress, with dissociation and repeated recourse to self - harming.
To the extent that professional incompetence in diagnosing narcissistic and borderline personality processes involved in a cross-generational parent - child coalition causes developmental, emotional, and psychological harm to the child client through the loss of an affectionally bonded attachment relationship with a normal - range and affectionally available parent (i.e., the parent who is rejected by the child as a result of the undiagnosed and so untreated psychopathology and pathogenic parenting of the narcissistic / (borderline) allied and supposedly «favored» parent within the parent - child coalition), this may represent negligent professional practice that is directly responsible for causing harm to the client.
The need for a protective separation of the child is made necessary on two grounds, 1) to protect the child from continued exposure to the psychological child abuse associated with the pathogenic parenting of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent, and 2) to prevent psychological harm to the child during the active phase of treatment as a result of being turned into a «psychological battleground» by the continued active resistance of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent to the goals of therapy, and from the continued motivated efforts of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent to maintain the child's symptomatic state even as therapy seeks to resolve the child's symptoms.
Psychological abuse: threats of physical violence toward a partner, family member, pets, or friends; keeping a partner from socializing or going to work or school; or threatening suicide or self - harm as a method of manipulation.
Slowly, hope is building for children suffering from a form of psychological abuse known as «parental alienation» because of the growing awareness about parental alienation and its harm to children.
Of particular concern were the incarceration rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples which increased as did the proportion of adults reporting psychological distress and intentional self - harm.
As a result bold interventions, both legal as in child protection practice, to prevent greater psychological and emotional harm to children in severe cases is still to be implementeAs a result bold interventions, both legal as in child protection practice, to prevent greater psychological and emotional harm to children in severe cases is still to be implementeas in child protection practice, to prevent greater psychological and emotional harm to children in severe cases is still to be implemented.
Self - harm can be used as a desperate attempt to relieve some physiological and psychological tension.
The violence may not always be physical, but can be emotional or psychological and create just as much harm.
Parents are struggling to keep their families and relationships intact as well as protect their children from the psychological harm that is more likely to result from high conflict divorce.
According to the American Psychological Association guidelines, the evaluation addresses the particular psychological and developmental needs of the child and / or parent that are relevant to child protection issues such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and emPsychological Association guidelines, the evaluation addresses the particular psychological and developmental needs of the child and / or parent that are relevant to child protection issues such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and empsychological and developmental needs of the child and / or parent that are relevant to child protection issues such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional harm.
Relationship satisfaction, investment, and commitment were each used as criterion variables with conceptually related factors as the predictors (e.g., reactions to the psychological abuse; mental health indicators; personality variables; perceived harm; problematic relationship schemas; response styles; demographics).
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