TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding and reporting child abuse
T2 - Legal and psychological perspectives - Part two. Emotional abuse and secondary abuse
AU - Twaite, James A.
AU - Rodriguez-Srednicki, Ofelia
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - Emotional abuse and secondary abuse of children are increasingly recognized within the mental health and legal professions as at least as damaging to adjustment as physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. However, emotional and secondary abuse are relatively more difficult for mandated reporters to recognize and document, and reporting laws are problematic. This review article was written to acquaint professionals with the seriousness and prevalence of emotional and secondary child abuse and with the issues surrounding the reporting of such abuse.
AB - Emotional abuse and secondary abuse of children are increasingly recognized within the mental health and legal professions as at least as damaging to adjustment as physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. However, emotional and secondary abuse are relatively more difficult for mandated reporters to recognize and document, and reporting laws are problematic. This review article was written to acquaint professionals with the seriousness and prevalence of emotional and secondary child abuse and with the issues surrounding the reporting of such abuse.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=16344381713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/009318530403200402
DO - 10.1177/009318530403200402
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:16344381713
SN - 0093-1853
VL - 32
SP - 443
EP - 481
JO - Journal of Psychiatry and Law
JF - Journal of Psychiatry and Law
IS - 4
ER -
