The subject and effects of abuse are now very frequently focused upon in the media.
All abuse involves some emotional ill-treatment.
This category should be used where it is the main or sole form of abuse. The persistent or severe neglect of a child, or the failure to protect a child from exposure to any kind of danger, including cold or starvation, or extreme failure to carry out important aspects of care, resulting in the significant impairment of the child's health or development, including non-organic failure to thrive. The signs of abuse listed below are not exhaustive, nor are they individually conclusive. The following are some common effects of abuse which, again, are not exhaustive nor individually conclusive. There are frequent and increasingly disturbing reports of various forms of abuse perpetrated upon young people and vulnerable children.