PSYCHOLOGICAL MALTREATMENT

Slide: What is Psychological Maltreatment?

1. What are THREE other names/terms for psychological maltreatment?

  • You said: emotional or psychological abuse

  • Correct answer: emotional abuse, mental injury

  • Status: Partially correct ⚠ (You got "emotional abuse" but "mental injury" is the specific term from the slide)

2. According to the APSAC handbook definition, what is psychological maltreatment?

  • You said: harming a child psychologically

  • Correct answer: "specific types of caregiver behavior that is likely to harm or has harmed a child"

  • Status: Close enough ⚠ (but the exact wording helps)

3. Does PM include acts of commission, omission, or both? Give examples.

  • You said: both. commission = saying mean things, omission = not saying you're proud or expressing love

  • Status: Correct ✅ (good examples!)

4. True or False: PM is a component of every other type of abuse and neglect.

  • You said: True

  • Status: Correct ✅

Slide: Types of Psychological Maltreatment

5. Define Spurning and give an example.

  • You skipped this

  • Correct answer: reject and/or degrade a child (e.g., constant criticism, humiliation, telling child they are unwanted)

  • Status: Not answered ❌

6. Define Exploiting/Corrupting and give an example.

  • You said: teaching the child to behave inappropriately - stealing

  • Correct answer: encourage child to develop inappropriate behaviors/attitudes (self-destructive, antisocial, criminal)

  • Status: Correct ✅

7. Define Terrorizing and give an example.

  • You said: threatening the child - to kill them or their pets

  • Status: Correct ✅

8. Define Emotional unresponsiveness and give an example.

  • You said: not being there emotionally with the child even when they try to interact

  • Status: Correct ✅

9. Define Isolating and give an example.

  • You said: not allowing the child to socialize with people outside of the home

  • Status: Correct ✅

10. Define Mental health, medical, and education neglect and give an example.

  • You said: not providing treatment for mental health or medical issues and not allowing them to go to school

  • Status: Correct ✅

Slide: Prevalence

11. Why are there no good independent prevalence rates for PM?

  • You said: hard to separate from other forms of CM

  • Correct answer: Because PM overlaps with all other forms of abuse

  • Status: Correct ✅

12. Why is PM difficult to differentiate from poor parenting?

  • You said: they have similar components

  • Status: Correct ✅

13. Why is PM under-recognized in social services?

  • You said: because it's not a priority

  • Correct answer: because it is low on priority list in social services

  • Status: Correct ✅

14. What are the estimated prevalence ranges for PM in:
a) Community samples?
b) Clinical samples?

  • You said: community: lower, clinical: higher

  • Correct answer:

    • a) Community samples: 13-25%

    • b) Clinical samples: 19-32%

  • Status: Partially correct ⚠ (You got the concept but need the EXACT numbers)

Slide: Impact and Consequences

15. PM puts children at increased risk for what FIVE categories of problems?

  • You said: mental health issues - anxiety, physical health issues, relationship issues - avoidant

  • Missing: cognitive problems, behavioral problems

  • Correct answer:

    1. Mental health & emotional problems (depression, anxiety, suicidality, drug use)

    2. Interpersonal problems (relationship difficulties, risky sexual behavior, STIs)

    3. Cognitive problems (intellectual and academic functioning)

    4. Behavioral problems (aggression, delinquency, criminality)

    5. Physical Health problems (allergies, asthma, headaches, sleep problems)

  • Status: Partially correct ⚠ (only listed 3 of 5)

16. What is a "dose-response relationship" in the context of PM?

  • You said: the more frequent, severe, and long time = more adverse consequences

  • Status: Correct ✅ (excellent!)

17. When do the effects of PM appear to be WORST?

  • You said: early life to middle school

  • Correct answer: during first two years of life through middle school

  • Status: Close enough ⚠

18. What specific problems are associated with EARLY PM?

  • You said: attachment and

  • Correct answer: dramatically lowered IQ, language delays, attachment disorders, internalizing and externalizing problems

  • Status: Partially correct ⚠ (only listed one)

Slide: Intervention

19. What are the THREE tiers of intervention for PM?

  • You said: focusing on all children, focusing on at risk children, focusing on children already experiencing CM

  • Status: Correct ✅

20. For each tier, give an example:
a) Tier 1 (Focus on all children):
b) Tier 2 (Focus on children at risk):
c) Tier 3 (Children experiencing maltreatment):

  • You said:

    • a) PSAs

    • b) recognize at risk population

    • c) CPS services

  • Correct answer:

    • a) public awareness campaigns, school-based programs

    • b) identify at-risk populations and provide services

    • c) CPS services, parenting, therapy, hold parents accountable

  • Status: Partially correct ⚠ (good start, but need more detail for a and c)