Child abuse, whether it involves emotional-psychological, physical, or sexual abuse, the effects can be devastating and durable, affecting victims well into their adult lives and in some cases into the next generation.
Child Abuse Survivor's Monument
Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Domestic Abuse Survivors as Parents
Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Troubling Memories of Abuse (Mayo Clinic)
Hagans, Kathryn B., & Case, Joyce
When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery (Rev. Ed.). Wiley & Sons, 1997
Herman, Judith Lewis
Father-Daughter Incest. Harvard University Press, 2000
Herman, Judith Lewis
Trauma and Recovery (Rev. Ed.). HarperCollins, 1997
Kehoe, Patricia
Helping Abused Children. Parenting Press, 1999
Terr, Lenore
Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood. HarperCollins, 1992
Silverman, Sue William
Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You. University of Georgia Press, 1999
Wisechild, Louise M.
The Mother I Carry: A Memoir of Healing from Emotional Abuse. Seal Press, 1993
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