The effects on child abuse victims and how to overcome the trauma Child abuse and negligence is a social problem throughout our society and has been for centuries, which can lead to long lasting effects going into adulthood. However, not all children exposed to mistreatment are affected the same. Most victims of child abuse will experience low self esteem, isolation, depression, anxiety, and trust issues. Many victims will need to seek counseling or treatment to overcome the lasting effects the trauma has had on them to develop positive coping mechanisms. Although, there has been more awareness made over the years of child abuse; society could use more awareness and education on how to identify an abused vicitim. Child abuse can be resolved …show more content…
The first and most common being physical abuse, this is an intentional bodily injury. It happens when someone physically hurts a child with intentions of harming them. Some examples of physical abuse could be hitting, punching, shoving a child in the stove or burning the child. Secondly, there is mental abuse, it is a non-physical abuse that can make children feel unwanted, useless, unloved, worthless, or only important when meeting the needs of the perpetrator. (McKinnon 1) The use of phrases and actions to manipulate or control the child causing emotional harm to the child’s mind going into adulthood. Next, is sexual abuse, this can be any sexual act between an adult and a minor. 90% of child sexual abuse actions, the child or family knows the perpetrator, this could be a parent, step-parent, grandparent, uncle, or even a family friend. (McKinnon 2). Finally, the last form of abuse is neglect, this is defined when a child is not given their basic needs such as food, shelter, medical care, supervision, education, ect. Neglect is most common in the United States and can happen with or without …show more content…
It causes them to find different ways to deal with the pain leaving most adults to feel numb to the inner child. Studies have shown that children exposed to any form of abuse are more likely to develop a range of adverse psychosocial and behavioral outcomes in their lifetime. Negligence at a young age has been associated with delayed brain development, this kind of trauma can cause certain parts of the brain to fail, or not grow properly. The stunt in physical brain development could cause the child to fall behind in school, fall behind developmentally and even develop behaviors that cause the child to act out. (Rosen