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Child Maltreatment

By: Mary Sean O'Halloran & Arlene K. Weimer
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:abuse; child abuse; child maltreatment; children; chronicity; hyperactivity; neglect

Child maltreatment is a broad term encompassing child neglect and abuse. It has been identified at the national and international levels as a tragedy of drastic proportions, drastic in the number of people it affects and drastic in the costs it ...

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  O'Halloran, M., & Weimer, A. (2008). Child maltreatment. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 70-75). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n22
  
  O'Halloran, Mary Sean, and Arlene K. Weimer. "Child Maltreatment." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 70-75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n22.
  
  O'Halloran, M. and Weimer, A. 2008. Child Maltreatment. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 70-75 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n22> [Accessed 18 May 2021].
  
  O'Halloran, Mary Sean and Arlene K. Weimer. "Child Maltreatment." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 70-75. SAGE Knowledge. 18 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n22.
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