Often excused by parents as `kids will be kids' behaviour, sibling abuse remains largely unrecognized. Symptoms of such abuse and its devastating effects on victims go undetected, victims do not receive appropriate therapeutic intervention, and transgressors do not come to the attention of the courts.The author of this book brings this neglected area `out of the shadows' with personal accounts of adult survivors, insights into why sibling abuse occurs, suggestions for prevention and implications for treatment.
Personal accounts of adult survivors who have suffered abuse at the hands of their siblings. There are insights into why sibling abuse occurs, and suggestions for prevention and implications for treatment.
Sibling Abuse An Undetected ProblemPhysical AbuseEmotional AbuseSexual AbuseParental Reactions to Sibling AbuseUnderstanding Sibling AbuseEffects of Sibling Abuse on the SurvivorDistinguishing Abusive Behavior from Normal BehaviorPreventing Sibling AbuseTreatment of Sibling Abuse SurvivorsA Final Word