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Family Violence
What is family violence?
Family violence can mean many things. Sometimes it is called domestic violence. Depending on who is being hurt and how they are hurt, it may be called spouse or wife abuse, battering, intimate partner violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse, or elder abuse. When they happen in the home or are done by a family member, all of these things are kinds of family violence.
Who suffers from family violence?
Many different people can suffer from family violence. Children can be hurt by their parents. Wives can be hurt by their husbands, and some husbands are abused by their wives. Boyfriends and girlfriends can also hurt each other. Sometimes, it is grandmothers and grandfathers who are hurt.
How do I get help?
It is hard to know what to do when someone - someone who should love us and take care of us - is hurting us. But there is help. There is help for the one being hurt, and help for the one doing the hurting.
On this page, you will find links to resources for family violence. If you have an interest in helping to develop and maintain this website, please contact us.
This page of the Maine Health Forum is based on Family Violence by Laura Cousineau, M.L.S. Retrieved from Hands on Health-SC, 2007.
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News on Family & Domestic Violence
More National News- Certain Facial Injuries Point to Domestic ViolenceMedlinePlus, 1/22/09
- Intimate Partner Violence Can Lead to Serious InjuryMedlinePlus, 10/15/08
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