Institutional abuse and societal silence: An emerging global problem

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-25

  Middleton, Warwick ^a   Stavropoulos, Pam ^b   Dorahy, Martin J ^c   Krüger, Christa ^d   Lewis Fernández, Roberto ^e   Martínez Taboas, Alfonso ^f   Sar, Vedat ^g,h   Brand, Bethany ⁱ  

^a Department of Surgery   (Australia)

^b Research and Clinical Practice   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f Carlos Albizu University   (Puerto Rico)

^g ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)   (Austria)

ⁱ TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; institutional abuse; Royal Commission; societal silence

Indexed keywords

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JUSTICE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; ORPHANAGE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

CHILDHOOD ABUSE; INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE; ROYAL COMMISSION; SOCIETAL SILENCE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; HUMANS;

EID: 84891324317     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413514640     Document Type: Review

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