1. CHILD ABUSE HURTS

2. LIFE BEGINS AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION

3. BUDGET WARS THE TUG OF WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

4. How Is Child Abuseand neglect defined by federal law • Child Abuse • The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA),(42 U.S.C.A. 5106g • Defines child abuse and neglect at a minimum • “Of any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm sexual abuse or exploitation” • “or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” • Child Welfare Information Gateway (2008)

5. In the Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma • Many studies have been done on child abuse • but none as intense as the studies that were done in • the Journal of Aggression Maltreatment Trauma. • When the authors made their findings they were able to list ten different symptoms ranging from depression to learning disorders that child abuse inflicts on its victims

6. Lets look at THE TOP ten psychiatric symptoms that child abuse inflicts on its victims 1. Depression is defined as a mental state of altered mood characterized by feelings of sadness despair depressive 2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is defined as a type of anxiety disorder it can occur after you’ve seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat or injury or death

7. More symptoms of psychiatric symptoms… 3. Borderline Personality Disorder 4. Substance Abuse 5. Dissociative Disorders 6. Somatization 7. Sexual Behavior Problems 8. Self Mutilation 9. Suicidality 10.Learning Disability

8. Whose fault is child abuse anyway

9. REFERENCES Mersch MD, FAAP, J & Shiel Jr. MD. FACP, FACR, W.C. (1996-2012) www.medicinenet.com/child_abuse/article.htm#11whatis Clinic, M.S. (2011, August 2,) Child Abuse. From Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com/health/child-abuse/DS01099/DSECTION=symptoms Van der Kolk M. D. B. A., Hopper Ph.D., J., & Crozier, BA, J. (2001). Child Abuse in America. Journal of Aggression Maltreatment Prevalence and Consequences 1-20. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children & Families Child Information Gateway (2008). www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/whatiscan.cfm U.S Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse (1997) (2001) Carl B. Hammond, Kenneth V. Lanning, M.S., M.S. Ret. Wayne Promisel, M.S., Jack R. Shepherd, Bill Walsh, www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/law_enforcement_response.pdf