2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The effects of abuse: the later years
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Working with Abused Children
This chapter looks at the prospects for abused children in later life: the first section examines some of the evidence that exists about the long-term effects of abusethis is followed by accounts of the early adulthood and present situations of Marie, Lloyd, Sarah, Roy, Josie and Jakethe penultimate section examines ways in which social workers can help adults who were abused as children