Child Abuse
10 Articles & Excerpts
Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women
 by E. Sue Blume
Spoiled Love: An Overview Incest may not be what you think it is. The term incest has been taken to mean sexual relations between siblings, the marriage of first cousins, the seduction by fathers of their teenage daughters. People refer to
The Right to Innocence; Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse
 by Beverly Engel
You Are Not Alone "I don't know why it's bothering me now. I haven't even thought about it for years. Sometimes I even wonder if it really happened. Fm an adult with my own family. Why am I having these nightmares now?" Melinda sat very still
Childhood Abuse Linked To Later Suicide
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Childhood abuse can permanently alter the way DNA works, leaving victims with lasting effect on their brain, and therefore making them more vulnerable to stressful events throughout their lives, and even suicide-prone, reports a new Canadian study.
Children - Victims Of Abuse
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Child abuse is the physical, psychological, social, emotional or sexual maltreatment of children. The CDC defines child maltreatment as any series of acts by a parent or other caregiver resulting in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.
Chapter 1
 The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma
by Annie G. Rogers, Ph.D.
I stood on the porch. Dark mesh screens rose fifteen feet high, divided by thin black iron poles that parceled the sky into parallelograms. Above me a ledge stuck out its tongue, dark and square, and made a long shadow all along one side of the porch. I
Goodbye, California
 A Teenager's Journey: Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse
by Richard B. Pelzer
I had been part of what can only have been one of the worst instances of child abuse in America of the 1970s. But the preteen that once held me captive was gone-I was a teenager, and I was different now. I was determined to either stand up for myself or
That Was Then ...
 A Brother's Journey; Surviving a Childhood of Abuse
by Richard B. Pelzer
Daly City, California, 1970 In the beginning, life was fun, life was exciting, and life was good. As a five-year-old, I was tender in age and yet I was cruel and mean. I was happy to watch my brother as he was beaten or forced to perform some disgusting
I Was A Child
 by Denise B. Fair
Only when our counselor asked me such a direct question did I dare consider the possibility of actually sharing the experiences I endured with someone else. (I almost informed a trusted teacher about the sexual abuse early one afternoon, but I could not m
How Long, O Lord?
 by Janie Webster
Once in the truck, I tell my daughter, Ellen, that we are going for a ride. As a six-year-old, Ellen lives in the present and going for a truck ride is the only explanation she needs. She has no inkling that she is embarking on a long journey. Neither of
Rediscovering Your Discarded Self
 by Jane Middelton-Moz, Ph.D.
Adult children of trauma often become locked in unhealthy and addictive relationships. These patterns reflect repeated survival attempts to master old pain. They may choose not to have children, fearing they would be unhealthy parents. If they do have off
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