title: [Understanding the elder abuse by family members].
abstract: The issue of elder abuse not only influence on the elders' physical and mental health seriously, but also increase the social burden of geriatrics disease and the corresponding social welfare agencies. The text reviews the general concept, type and characteristics, total incidence rate and all kinds of abuse, and risk factors of social psychology and psychopathology, thus the elder abuse can be identificated and intervented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Yuping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology