abuse

Examples of abuse in the following topics:

• Child Abuse

  • There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.
  • Neglect is the most common type of abuse in the United States and accounts for over 60 percent of child abuse cases.
  • Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation.
  • Effects of child sexual abuse include guilt and self-blame, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, and fear of things associated with the abuse.
  • Out of all the possible forms of abuse, emotional abuse is the hardest to define.

• Elder Abuse

  • The main types of elder abuse include physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.
  • Elder abuse is further subdivided into domestic elder abuse and institutional elder abuse.
  • Unfortunately, the nature of dependency inherent to elder abuse can make cases of elder abuse especially difficult to prosecute.
  • Elder abuse can have serious consequences.
  • Elder abuse can even result in death.

• Family Violence

  • In this definition, domestic violence takes many forms, including physical aggression or assault, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, controlling or domineering behaviour, intimidation, stalking, passive/covert abuse, and economic deprivation.
  • Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm.
  • Degradation in any form can be considered psychological abuse.
  • Verbal abuse is a form of emotionally abusive behavior involving the use of language.
  • Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one intimate partner has control over the other partner's access to economic resources.

• Substance Abuse and Health

  • Substance abuse, or the habitual, harmful use of drugs, can have detrimental effects on the mind and body.
  • Substance abuse is the habitual and recreational use of an addictive agent (drug) that is consumed in dangerous amounts or dangerous situations.
  • Substance abuse can have a variety of detrimental effects on the mind and body of the user.
  • Even worse is that the negative psychological side effects of substance use put abusers at a increased risk of suicide.
  • Substance abuse can also lead to secondary physical effects.

• Spousal Abuse

  • Spousal abuse can be defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship.
  • Similarly, subtle forms of abuse can be transparent even as they set the stage for normalizing further abuse.
  • In addition, there is broad consensus that women are more often subjected to severe forms of abuse and are more likely to be injured by an abusive partner.
  • Gender roles and expectations play a role in abusive situations, and exploring these roles and expectations can be helpful in addressing abusive situations.
  • Gay and lesbian relationships have been identified as a risk factor for abuse in certain populations.

• Rules to Follow When Speaking

  • Effective speakers engage in ethical goals, fully prepare their speeches, practice honesty and avoid abusive language.
  • These rules include ethical goals, full preparation, honesty, and non-abusive language.
  • Just as one shouldn't intimidate his or her audience, one should refrain from abusive language when speaking in public.
  • Effective speakers engage in ethical goals, fully prepare their speeches and materials, practice honesty, and don't use non-abusive language when speaking.

• The Older Years

  • While discrimination toward the young is primarily visible through behavioral restrictions, discrimination toward the elderly ranges from behavioral restrictions to physical abuse.
  • There are nearly two million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
  • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and caregiver neglect or financial exploitation, while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.

• Women and Slavery

  • The sexual abuse of slaves was a common occurrence in the antebellum South.
  • In the antebellum period, black men accused of rape were punished with death whereas white men could rape or sexually abuse female slaves without fear of punishment.
  • The sexual abuse of slaves was partially rooted in a patriarchal Southern culture that perceived all women, whether black or white, as chattel, or property.
  • Harriet Jacobs documented her experience with sexual abuse in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
  • Examine the prevalence of sexual abuse perpetuated by white males against black slaves throughout American history

• Aging and Race

  • Before turning to the medical concerns that accompany aging, one should note that elders of different racial backgrounds also experience different frequencies of elder abuse.
  • Elder abuse is a general term to describe certain types of harm that are inflicted upon older adults.
  • The most common form of elder abuse is neglect or improper care for vulnerable seniors.
  • Research indicates that black senior citizens are more likely to be abused than white citizens.

• Differential Treatment by Age or Ageism

  • Elder abuse is a serious problem in the U.S.
  • There are nearly 2 million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
  • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, caregiver neglect or financial exploitation while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.
  • Elderly individuals who are subjected to abuse have at least two times higher risk of premature death than do other seniors.
  • The higher risk of death associated with elder abuse effects both those who are physically and cognitively impaired and those who are more capable.