Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the
third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and physical
child abuse), accounting 17% of all cases of child abuse.
It is likely that emotional child abuse is greatly underreported, since it can
be difficult to detect and difficult to document.
Emotional child abuse includes acts of commission or omission by the parents
and other caregivers that could cause the child to have serious behavioral, emotional,
or mental disorders. In some instances of emotional child abuse, the acts of parents
or other caregivers alone, without any harm yet evident in the child's behavior
or condition, are sufficient to warrant the intervention of child protective services.
For example, the parents or caregivers may use extreme or bizarre forms of punishment,
such as confinement of a child in a dark closet.
Emotional child abuse is also sometimes termed psychological child abuse or mental
injury of a child.
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