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Neuropsychology
* can localize an area of function loss in the brain.
* field that trains doctors to evaluate cognitive and other changes and symptoms.
* highly specialized discipline within the field of psychology.
* investigates the inter-relationships of biological and psychological processes.
* involves therapeutic retraining of people with brain injury.
* is an area of specialization within the field of clinical psychology.
* is the study of how the brain and nervous system affect thinking and behavior
  - the relationship between brain and behavior
* looks at the brain and how it works to make people the way they are.
* provides a significant benefit to patients with head injury
  - patients with consultation and cognitive retraining
* quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles.
* seeks to be the vehicle for the best research and ideas in the field.
+ Psychology, Branches

Occupational psychology
* includes work and organizational psychology.
* studies people in their working environment.

Personality psychology
* focuses on the study of the individual.
* is the scientific investigation of the individual human personality
  - study of the person

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Physical abuse
* All physical abuse starts with emotional abuse.
* attacks a child's body while emotional abuse attacks the child's spirit.
* can be as emotionally traumatizing as it is physically traumatizing
  - both physically and emotionally debilitating
  - confinement, burns, beatings, sexual abuse and cuts
  - one or two isolated incidents or can occur over a prolonged period of time
* can cause brain injury
  - bruising, broken bones, burns, internal injuries or can lead to death
  - permanent physical damage
* can include pushing, shoving, slapping, as well as other assaultive behavior
  - slapping, kicking and punching
  - slapping, punching, strangling, using weapons, scalding, burning
  - lead to bruises, fractures and, tragically, in some cases death
  - leave a child with obvious physical limitations
  - occur and leave no visible injuries
* crime and the abusive person can be arrested.
* escalates in frequency and severity.
* harms the body.
* has many forms.
* includes hitting, kicking, punching, slapping, and other forms of violent conflict
  - non-accidental injuries such as burns, bruises, cuts or broken bones
  - scalding, beating or severe physical punishment
* is always dangerous to children and can lead to serious physical injury
  - anger gone berserk and is never justified and always unrighteous
  - another concern for elderly patients in nursing homes
* is any act which results in a non-accidental trauma or physical injury
  - use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control someone else
  - anything someone does to cause pain, injury, or disease
  - considered domestic violence when both the perpetrator and victim are adults
  - easier to define than emotional abuse because there are bruises to prove it
  - illegal
* is intentional bodily injury
  - injury to a child by a parent or caregiver
  - often an inability to express the emotion of anger
* is only one kind of abuse
  - part of a system of abusive behaviors
  - pain or injury inflicted intentionally by a caregiver
* is physical force or violence that results in bodily injury, pain, or impairment
* is the leading cause of serious brain injury among infants
  - head injury in infants
  - most common reason children are removed in foster care in Oregon
  - willful infliction of physical pain, injury or unreasonable confinement
  - violence that results in bodily harm or mental distress
  - wrong, and usually against the law
* occurs in approximately one out of every four dating relationships
  - most among infants
+ Physical abuse, Types of physical abuse: Psychology