The impact of child abuse: neuroscience perspective

Date

2015

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Croatian Medical Journal

Abstract

Clearly, childhood sexual abuse significantly changes its victim’s brain and alters its function, cognition, and emotion. Admittedly, abuse has differing effects that depend on an individual’s genetic vulnerabilities and familial support. Nevertheless, the abused often confront the additional challenges of shame and society’s belief that partial guilt rests with the victim. Therefore, to help victims heal, we must vigorously challenge the humiliation that still exists in the public narrative. They deserve the chance to strive for independence and a trauma-free future by regaining their integrity through familial and societal reconciliation.

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Keywords

child abuse, brain development, long term effects

Citation

Konopka, L. M. (2015). The impact of child abuse: neuroscience perspective. Croatian Medical Journal, 56(3), 315–316.

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