Awareness
Psychological Abuse - Also known as Emotional Abuse, is the third most frequently reported abuse. Often, It goes unreported since it can be difficult to detect and tough to document.
- Emotional Abuse
- The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect defines emotional abuse as: acts or omissions by the parents or other caregivers that have caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders.
- Types/forms
- Belittling
- Coldness
- Corrupting
- Cruelty
- Extreme Inconsistency
- Harassment
- Ignoring
- Inappropriate Control
- Isolating
- Rejecting
- Terrorizing
- Hotline
- To get help or report abuse: 1-800-252-5400
- 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- This number is available across the United States.
Train up a child in the way he should go even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
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