Am I Bad? Recovering From Abuse Book

Contents Foreword by Rev Lawrence Stevenson....................iii
Introduction....................v
Chapter 1 - Disintegration of Life....................1
Larry - Growing up Abused....................2
The Statistical Evidence....................5
A New Developmental Model....................11
Chapter 2 - A New Developmental Model: The Recovering of Self....................11
Survival Needs....................15
The Sense of Becoming....................21
Power and Self-Esteem....................25
Chapter 3 - The Lies Implanted by Abuse....................27
Sexual Abuse....................27
Sexual abuse of boys....................31
The Bottom Line of Any Type of Abuse....................34
Secrecy....................35
Test for Concealed Child Abuse....................38
Epidemic Proportions of Abuse....................40
Chapter 4 - Physical Abuse....................43
Head Injury....................43
Shaken Baby Syndrome....................47
Abdominal Injuries....................48
Scourging....................49
Punching and Other Violence....................53
A Brother and Sister....................57
Chapter 5 - Terrorizing....................57
The Bedwetting Boy....................60
Adolescent Cases....................61
Death of a Terrorist....................63
Chapter 6 - Parentification....................65
Debbie: 20 year-old Anorexic....................67
Children of Alcoholics....................69
Sexual Harrassment....................75
Chapter 7 - School Abuse....................75
Insult as Control....................76
Misdiagnosis ofBehavior....................78
Covering It Up....................82
Researching Neglect....................83
Chapter 8 - Neglect and Rejection....................83
Rejection....................85
Chapter 9 - Domestic Abuse....................91
Signs of the Abuser....................92
Why Women Stay....................96
Consequences of Staying....................99
Brain Damage Symptoms....................101
Domestic Violence Inventory....................105
Chapter 10 - A Man's Account....................107
Chapter 11 - Treatment Considerations of Child Abuse....................121
Chapter 12 - Treatment Considerations of Domestic Abuse....................127
Borderline Personality Disorder....................131
Group Therapy....................135
Chapter 13 - Special Populations....................141
Cultural Deprivation....................141
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder....................145
Chapter 14 - The Dangerous Student....................149
Student Critical Symptoms Questionnaire....................150
Substance Abuse Test for Resistant Students or Employees....................155
Chapter 15 - Workplace Violence....................157
Test for Potentially Dangerous Employees....................158
Victims in the Truest Sense....................163
Chapter 16 - The Falsely Accused: Victims in the Truest Sense....................163
Defense Interrogatories for False Accusers....................165
About the Author....................173
Index....................175