Suicide Threats

Suicide Threats

It is unlikely that the emotionally abused child will be brought to the hospital with emotional abuse as his/her chief complaint. The most likely reasons for these children to come to the hospital’s attention would include suicide threats and attempts, behavior problems, psychosomatic complaints and failure to thrive. It is very difficult to intervene in a case of emotional abuse without very careful documentation of parent or care giver’s behavior and the consequent damage to the child.