Child Abuse Stress Statistics
Health Encyclopedia: Family Troubles Resources
Alternative Names
Troubled families - resources; Child abuse - resources; Incest - resources; Resources - family troubles; Resources - incest; Resources - child abuse
Information
The following organizations are good resources for information on incest, family troubles, and
- Prevent Child Abuse America - www.preventchildabuse.org
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous - www.siawso.org
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Health Guide
Battered child syndrome
The physical signs of child abuse used to be called battered child syndrome. This syndrome referred to multiple fractures in different states of healing. The fractures occurred at... Read more »Child neglect and psychological abuse
Child neglect, also called psychological abuse, is a form of child abuse. It occurs when someone intentionally does not provide the child of the necessities of life, or does so... Read more »Munchausen syndrome by proxy
...parent. The affected parent should not be accused directly, but offered help. Because this is a form of child abuse, the syndrome must be reported to the authorities. Psychiatric counseling will... Read more »Child abuse: sexual
...organizations may provide more information: Child Help USA - http://www.childhelpusa.org/ Prevent Child Abuse America - http://www.childabuse.org/ Expectations (prognosis) Mental... Read more »Broken bone
...broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture). A stress fracture is a hairline crack in the bone that develops because of repeated or ... Read more »
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