A Family Study of Child Abuse
LENORE C. TERR M.D.1
1 Assistant professor of child psychiatry, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, University Hospital, 2040 Abington Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Ten battered children and their families were evaluated by the author over a six-year period. It was found that important factors leading to abuse were fantasies of the abuser about the child, exaggerated dominant-submissive patterns in the marriage, and contributions of the child to the battering. The author offers several suggestions for using a family approach in treating battered children.
