Treatment of the abused child and the child abuser.
Abusing parents are not always criminals. Deficient rearing during childhood deprived them of ego controls that could prevent them from injuring their children as projections of their own anger. Psychoanalytic therapy and ancillary measures can rehabilitate the crisis family. Methods are under study to identify and check potential abusing parents.
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002652:Child Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010989:Play Therapy; D011385:Projection; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012306:Risk