Neglect: widespread, damaging and difficult to identify
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- 作者：Sabine Maguire ; Aideen Naughton
- 关键词：delayed language ; insecure disorganized/ avoidant attachment ; neglect ; neurobiology
- 刊名：Paediatrics and Child Health
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：26
- 期：11
- 页码：485-487
- 全文大小：66 K
文摘
Neglect remains the most common form of child maltreatment, often starting in early infancy, and as it is pervasive, can have extremely damaging consequences for mental and physical health throughout the lifespan. Neglect may take many forms – physical (including dental), supervisory, emotional, educational or psychological. The challenge for professionals is to define the threshold between ‘good enough parenting’ and neglect. This review explores the prevalence of neglect, its long-term consequences, associated neurobiology and features in both the children, and the parent child relationship, that may help in identifying children who are experiencing neglect from infancy through to adolescence. There is ample evidence to highlight the specific social, emotional and developmental features these children exhibit, which could facilitate a more timely intervention to minimize long-term damage.