Missed Cases of Multiple Forms of Child Abuse and Neglect
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2014
Yazarlar: Feyza Koc, Resmiye Oral, Regina Butteris
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, Uluslararası, Wos, 2014, cilt 47, ss 131-139
DOI: 10.2190/pm.47.2.d
Özet
Child abuse and neglect is a public health problem and usually associated with family dysfunction due to multiple psychosocial, individual, and environmental factors. The diagnosis of child abuse may be difficult and require a high index of suspicion on the part of the practitioners encountering the child and the family. System-related factors may also enable abuse or prevent the early recognition of abuse. Child abuse and neglect that goes undiagnosed may give rise to chronic abuse and increased morbidity-mortality. In this report, we present two siblings who missed early diagnosis and we emphasize the importance of systems issues to allow early recognition of child abuse and neglect.