Examples of abuse in the following topics:
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- There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.
- Neglect is the most common type of abuse in the United States and accounts for over 60 percent of child abuse cases.
- Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation.
- Effects of child sexual abuse include guilt and self-blame, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, and fear of things associated with the abuse.
- Out of all the possible forms of abuse, emotional abuse is the hardest to define.
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- The main types of elder abuse include physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.
- Elder abuse is further subdivided into domestic elder abuse and institutional elder abuse.
- Unfortunately, the nature of dependency inherent to elder abuse can make cases of elder abuse especially difficult to prosecute.
- Elder abuse can have serious consequences.
- Elder abuse can even result in death.
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- In this definition, domestic violence takes many forms, including physical aggression or assault, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, controlling or domineering behaviour, intimidation, stalking, passive/covert abuse, and economic deprivation.
- Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm.
- Degradation in any form can be considered psychological abuse.
- Verbal abuse is a form of emotionally abusive behavior involving the use of language.
- Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one intimate partner has control over the other partner's access to economic resources.
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- Spousal abuse can be defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship.
- Similarly, subtle forms of abuse can be transparent even as they set the stage for normalizing further abuse.
- In addition, there is broad consensus that women are more often subjected to severe forms of abuse and are more likely to be injured by an abusive partner.
- Gender roles and expectations play a role in abusive situations, and exploring these roles and expectations can be helpful in addressing abusive situations.
- Gay and lesbian relationships have been identified as a risk factor for abuse in certain populations.
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- While discrimination toward the young is primarily visible through behavioral restrictions, discrimination toward the elderly ranges from behavioral restrictions to physical abuse.
- There are nearly two million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
- Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and caregiver neglect or financial exploitation, while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.
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- Before turning to the medical concerns that accompany aging, one should note that elders of different racial backgrounds also experience different frequencies of elder abuse.
- Elder abuse is a general term to describe certain types of harm that are inflicted upon older adults.
- The most common form of elder abuse is neglect or improper care for vulnerable seniors.
- Research indicates that black senior citizens are more likely to be abused than white citizens.
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- Elder abuse is a serious problem in the U.S.
- There are nearly 2 million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
- Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, caregiver neglect or financial exploitation while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.
- Elderly individuals who are subjected to abuse have at least two times higher risk of premature death than do other seniors.
- The higher risk of death associated with elder abuse effects both those who are physically and cognitively impaired and those who are more capable.
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- In the context of transitional justice, memorialization is used to honor the victims of human rights abuses.
- They can also help to establish a record of history and to prevent the recurrence of abuse.
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- There is evidence that black senior citizens are more likely to be abused - both physically and psychologically and suffer greater financial exploitation than do white senior citizens.Further, recent demographic profiles suggest that social aging varies across racial groups, and demonstrates that minority elders (especially Hispanic and African American identified) typically enter later life with less education, less financial resources, and less access to health care than their white counterparts.Finally, researchers have noted that minority groups' greater likelihood of facing patterns of structural disadvantage throughout the life course, such as racial discrimination, poverty, and fewer social, political, and economic resources on average, create significant racial variations in the stages or age-related trajectories of racial minorities and majorities that may be observed at all points of the life span, and contribute to disparities in health, income, self-perceived age, mortality, and morbidity.
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- Those at a higher risk of becoming homeless include veterans, people suffering from substance abuse or mental disorders, and the unemployed.
- Individuals with substance abuse problems and mental disorders represent a large number of the homeless.
- In the United States, 22 percent of the homeless have serious mental illnesses or are physically disabled, and 30 percent have substance abuse problems.
- However, this perspective denies structural elements that contribute to both homelessness and substance abuse.
- Homeless people who suffer from substance abuse or mental illness often lack access to effective treatment options, a condition exacerbated by deinstitutionalization in the 1960s and 1970s.