Child Abuse Stories » child abuse survivors http://www.childabusestories.org Learning and Healing Through Child Abuse Stories Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:22:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Learning and healing through child abuse stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories The child abuse stories on this website are about physical and emotional child abuse. If you are an adult survivor of child abuse, know that you are not alone. Through this website, I will share bits and pieces of the child abuse stories that make up my book. The purpose of this website is to put . . . → Read More: Learning and healing through child abuse stories]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/learning-and-healing-through-child-abuse-stories/feed 0 My first step of healing from child abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse My “healing from child abuse” journey began with the movie Mommie Dearest. I had heard all the talk about it being about child abuse and like many others, I was curious. As I left the theater, I remember thinking “That’s child abuse? That’s nothing.” But later that night, as I lay in bed, I . . . → Read More: My first step of healing from child abuse]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/home/my-first-step-of-healing-from-child-abuse/feed 0 Child Abuse Survivor’s Cost of Health Care http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-cost-of-health-care http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-cost-of-health-care#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:31:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/home/comment-regarding-research-on-female-child-abuse-survivors-and-their-cost-of-health-care

Synopis of study Women who suffered child abuse spend more on health care: Even decades after the abuse ended, middle-age women who suffered physical or sexual abuse as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs.

My comments: Researchers were surprised the effects of child abuse . . . → Read More: Child Abuse Survivor’s Cost of Health Care]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-cost-of-health-care/feed 0 Child Abuse Survivors and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:29:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder I read this morning about DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) death and the specualtion he committed suicide. The post traumatic stress he suffered was because he and his daughter were kidnapped. For what ever reason, he felt compelled to lend his voice to the issue of PTSD and child abuse. My post this morning is . . . → Read More: Child Abuse Survivors and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/child-abuse-survivors-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/feed 0 Iowa is calling for a special medical team to evaluate child abuse. http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:40:59 +0000 admin http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse The DeMoines Register published an article yesterday, titled “Iowa to call on special medical team for some child abuse cases,” informing the public that the state is looking at how their child welfare system reacts to child abuse allegations. 

How many child abuse stories must be told before safeguards are put in place to protect vulnerable . . . → Read More: Iowa is calling for a special medical team to evaluate child abuse.]]> http://www.childabusestories.org/child-abuse-issues-in-the-news/iowa-is-calling-for-a-special-medical-team-to-evaluate-child-abuse/feed 0