From the category archives:

Abuse

Help For Abuse Victims

by Linda Cooper

Help For Abuse Victims: Abuse not only happens to children, adult abuse, sadly is a major concern across the world.Victims can suffer exploitation and neglect abuse on a daily basis.

National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse: Guardianship Program …

“Our clients are referred from Adult Protective Services or from state psychiatric hospital social workers,” said Del Jacobson, volunteer recruiter. When a pilot project began 30 years ago, the state-funded program primarily assisted …

ARREST IN ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF INCAPACIATED ADULT | Portsmouth …

On January 27, 2009 at 8:50 pm Portsmouth Police Officers responded to the 300 block of Sequoia Road, in reference to, checking on the well-being of an 85.

Sacto 9-1-1: Pair arrested in Nevada County over abuse claims

While there, deputies arrested him on suspicion of dependent adult abuse likely to cause great bodily harm, the release said. The woman’s caretaker, Dawn Renee Anderson, 32, was also arrested on the same charge, the release said. …

DHSS Press Release

“When we talk about adult and elder abuse, we’re talking about many things,” said Guy Perrotti, Director, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD). “Abuse results in scratches, cuts, bruises, burns, …

Arizona: Elder Abuse Statistics | Elder Abuse Daily

Maricopa County, Arizona, Adult Protection Services receives approximately 10000 of cases of abuse each year, with many of them involving elder.

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Ethical Issues of sexual juvenile offenders; The mental health treatment within youth programs has been highlighted as adopting humiliating techniques to treat juvenile offenders.

So yesterday was April fools day and some of you will have had to endure some humiliation for the amusement of others but what about humiliation as a therapy?

Humiliation as a therapy for the minor first time sexual offences of young people – some as young as 14 years old.

Ethical Treatment of all Youth
Advocating for the humane and just treatment of children and teenagers accused of violating sex laws

Humiliation therapy comprises of;

Cognitive restructuring attempts to convince children and teenagers that their prohibited sexual behaviors, regardless of whether they were consensual or coercive, were harmful and reprehensible. The approach is based on the assumption that all such behaviors are aggressive and result from distorted beliefs and thoughts called “cognitive distortions.”

Source  Ethical Treatment of all Youth

This is a brilliant reference site for parents of children accused of a sexual offence.

Alledgedly abusive treatment also happens in New York

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A Very controversial issue – Let us ask you to share your thoughts on this matter by leaving a comment in the box below.

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Therapy and the Abuse of Trust

Therapy and the Abuse of Trust: Sadly abuse statistics are a reality. Just recently a Baltimore psychotherapist was accused of sexual abuse.
School Psychologist Charged With Sex Abuse – Baltimore News Story …
BALTIMORE — Police in Baltimore City and Baltimore County are looking into a reported case of sex abuse involving a 13-year-old boy and a school [...]

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After Loss

After Loss:  Variable grief stages are experienced when we are bereaved; Loss and grief create fluctuations of emotions; Anger, Sadness, Blame and Guilt.
Mourning and Living the Moment
Ordinarily, I am a self-aware person, but the grief of multiple losses made me less aware of the moment. Renee M. Grinnell, on the PsycCentral website, writes about “Six [...]

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