Child abuse (Replay)

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How to take care of the victims of child abuse? © iStockphoto.com/Joanna Jablonska

By: Caroline Paré Follow

Child abuse can take place within the family, but also in the wider social environment: at school, in an association, in summer camps.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “ child abuse includes all forms of physical and / or emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, or commercial or other, causing actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power.  "

What are the signs of abuse? What is the role of the healthcare professional? How to take care of these victims? What are the repercussions of abuse on the life of a child who becomes an adult?

  • Sarah Laporte-Daube , psychologist and psychotherapist in Grenoble, specializing in the management of domestic violence. She worked for ten years for the association l'Enfant Bleu , maltreated childhood. Author of: “  After abuse, freeing oneself from childhood wounds  ” published by L'Homme
  • Dr Cédric Grouchka , member of the College of the Haute Autorité de Santé , president of the Commission on the impact of recommendations
  • Dr Olivier Kana, general practitioner, did a master's degree in family medicine in Kinshasa in the DRC.

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