Identifying and Dealing with Emotional Abuse and Neglect

This paper provides a complete account of the author's key note address at the School of Social Work Conference 'From the Margins to the Centre', 17 January 2003. This includes discussion around the difficulties of defining emotional neglect, how emotional abuse and neglect manifests itself on a short-term and long-term basis, and how it can be identified. The presentation also briefly explores how emotional abuse affects child growth, development, welfare and well-being, and goes on to outline the different methods of intervention and treatment relevant to practitioners and managers.