The Scars Of Child Abuse
On May - 19 - 2011
THE HEALING COMES SLOWLY
Children who are abused in their earliest years face a long, uphill battle to recover from the mental and emotional wounds inflicted on them. “There’s trauma, and then there’s trauma that happens when you’re really little, which is harder to treat, because you don’t have words to help you,” said Dr. Velma Bacak, a child psychiatrist with Riverside Behavioral Health Center. In addition to the trauma of abuse and malnutrition, neglected children may be deprived of attachment and socialization.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.dailypress.com/health/dp-nws-child-abuse-recovery-side-20110517,0,526665.story
SERIES ON CHILD ABUSE:
http://www.dailypress.com/health/dp-child-abuse-story-gallery,0,192343.storygallery
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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