What’s in a word? When verbal abuse; plenty. Your Social Worker – Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
Verbal abuse refers to the use of language as a means to control or subordinate another person for either self-gratification or to impose one’s view or will on another or to gain an unfair advantage in resolving a dispute. While both parties subject to a dispute may use inappropriate language with the other, verbal abuse has the distinction of one party typically causing more distress to the other party, and causing insecurities in that party typically for the purpose of exploitation. In other words, the person wielding the verbal abuse does so to gain an advantage over the abused typically to his or her own desire.
Foster youths need access to mental health care
Elise was placed in foster care at the age of 13, after being raped in her home by a man her mother knew. Just days later, Elise had to testify in her mother’s presence about the rape and her mother’s prostitution and drug addiction. The most resilient adult would struggle to cope with such trauma. Yet, Elise was unable to get any therapy or counseling for several months. Why? Because she was placed in a foster home outside the county where she lived.
Media-Newswire.com – Childhood abuse seems to impact gene involved in depression
The investigation, which appeared online this month in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, was led by the University of Georgia and involved the University of Iowa. In particular, the team found that in men and women reporting childhood abuse there are changes in the regulatory area, called the CpG island, that controls the expression of the gene that is the key regulator of serotonin and whose protein product is the primary target of most antidepressants.
The need is great, the sources of treatment few – Kansas City Star
In the early 1970s, the concept of child abuse and neglect emerged onto the national stage as medical professionals nationwide sought to understand and explain injuries to children not consistent with normal childhood experiences.
Foster care workers at all levels routinely ignored policies designed to protect children in their care from being given psychotropic drugs without proper consent or monitoring.
BBC NEWS | UK | Abused children therapy ‘lacking’
A children’s charity says a huge shortfall in counselling is leaving thousands of sexually abused young people struggling to recover.
Foster Care May Boost Brain Activity Of Institutionalized Children
ScienceDaily — Children raised in institutions are more likely to lag physically, socially, and cognitively, but little is known about what happens to children’s brains when they live in institutions. Now a new study finds that placing institutionalized children in high-quality foster care may improve their brain activity.