We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

In 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a Policy Statement addressing media violence and its risk to the health of children and adolescents. That was 9 years ago, and the situation just continues to get worse. It seems that the media CEO’s would rather sacrifice the health and wellbeing

This last part in a series of posts on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will complete their Position Statement on child abuse and neglect. Their final recommendation states:

My last post began describing a list of APA goals, policies, and recommendations to be followed given the magnitude of the harm inflicted on children when abused and neglected. I will continue with that list in this post.

Having read in my last post all the destructive effects on people who have been abused and neglected as a child, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) states the following:

I thought it might be helpful for survivors to read the American Psychiatric Association’s Position Statement on Child Abuse and Neglect that was approved in May 1991.That was almost 19 years ago. And yet there is still no public discussion by the media or any legislator at the

On Saturday, April 10^th I was on another radio show. This one provided me the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues affecting adult survivors of child abuse. You can hear the broadcast by clicking on my “Media Kit” page. The show was broadcast on Blog Talk Radio

If a survivor of child sexual abuse has not been in therapy or been helped along the way to cope with his/her abuse history, there is a range of effects that stem from the abuse. Depending upon each individual survivor’s trauma history, the following list provides the common effects

This Saturday, April 10^th at 11:00 EST, I will be the guest on the radio show My Time to Tell. In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we will be talking about those of us who have experienced revictimization from sexual abuse. I hope you will join us for this 1-hour show by clicking on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mytimetotell. It will take you directly to the site. I welcome any feedback.

Believe it or not, child abuse has not always been considered a crime. It was thought of as a “family issue.” During the last 50 years pressure has been put on Congress to do something about the large numbers of children being maltreated and to provide funding for family support,