there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person.”(UN, Elder Abuse Article) Almost 70% of elderly suffer neglect from their caregivers at home or at a nursing home. The CDC reported that 41 in 1000 seniors suffer some type of abuse from neglect to sexual abuse. It is something that you wouldn’t think would ever happen, but unfortunately it does happen more often than not.…
behavior is passed down to the children. Questions that will be addressed in the research paper will be how does a family’s history affect a child in the future? Since family is a huge factor there will be a lot of analysis on the different family types and parenting skills. A big question that is discussed in this research paper is why does intergenerational bullying exist among families.…
scavenging graves of those already dead to manifest their body parts to create himself, essentially a new skin. At first, he appears to be a psychotic gentleman that hacks and engulfs his victim, however, his problems seem to spur from an even deeper psychological problem. The problems he has experienced as a youth and all of these emotional instances that drain him from his proper cognitive development come back to bite him in the future. Edward Gein grew up in a very abusive environment,…
the abuser may be family, friends and care-giver. According to American Psychological Associations, "elder abuse is the infliction of physical, emotional/psychological, sexual or financial harm on an older adult." Elderly abuse and neglect is a growing problem in the US. All 50 states legislatures passes a law called Elder Justice Act. Laws and definitions of act vary from one state to another. Elder…
The personality theory discovered by Ferri suggests that the offenders are violent towards their partners due to the various types of personality styles and psychological characteristics such as mentioned borderline personality disorder (Dutton & Starzmoski, 1993). This would include the aggressive or hostile personality styles, narcissistic personality styles, extreme jealously and anxiety about abandonment but also high level of depressive symptoms which the judge mentioned that Hollings was…
The movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a movie that contains many things that relate to psychological disorders, including: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Trauma, and phobias. I will be discussing the plot of the movie, and then I will explain how the psychological disorders relate to the characters of the movie. The story’s main character is a nine year old boy named Oskar Schell, who is very close to his father. When his father is killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the…
presents an inevitable exposure to danger or serious harm (Gosselin, 2013). Elder abuse is defined as an intentional, unintentional, or negligent act or abandonment by a caregiver or any other persons that causes serious physical, emotional, or psychological, or sexual harm, self-neglect and financial exploitation on an older or vulnerable adult (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, 2015). Wayne Sperling and Lorinda Bailey, parents of boys ages 2, 4,…
offspring. Also in Maus volume one the author lets the readers know that in the past, he was in a mental institution, this may have been because of his childhood. The psychological effect the Holocaust had on the survivor children such as, mental disorders, traumas, stress, anxiety social anxiety and anti-social. The psychological effect on these children are passed from one generation to the next till one person decides to seek help. Survivor parents most of the time do not know that when they…
The psychological effect of sexual abuse as studied by psychology- describe how sexual abuse alters cognitive development through the basic trends in research in sexual abuse in childhood in general. Different behaviors that can be attributed from childhood sexual abuse have been identified. These developed Behaviors include: domestic violence & continued sexual abuse, accordingly connect to religious identity then into a worldview. Also the effects of Spirituality Individual differences in…
different narrators that reveal the challenges and intentions of each character. After reading this book, the reader can understand that every child in the Bundren family has suffered from some type of psychological abuse. According to the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), “psychological abuse is defined as the ongoing emotional maltreatment or emotional neglect of a child”. Emotional abandonment and physical abuse can fall into this form of abuse. Although…