Sibling Abuse Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma [Hardcover]

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.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.Sibling Abuse
An Undetected Problem
Physical Abuse
Emotional Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Parental Reactions to Sibling Abuse
Understanding Sibling Abuse
Effects of Sibling Abuse on the Survivor
Distinguishing Abusive Behavior from Normal Behavior
Preventing Sibling Abuse
Treatment of Sibling Abuse Survivors
A Final Word