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Physical abuse

Physical abuse is any intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person or animal by way of bodily contact. In most cases,[citation needed] children are the victims of physical abuse, but adults can also be victims, as in cases of domestic violence or workplace aggression. Alternative terms sometimes used include physical assault or physical…

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Differential diagnosis
Accidental injury Self-injury
Specialty
Emergency medicine

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Physical abuse

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples21
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Physical abuse

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has effect · 8
Physical abuse → As, DSM-IV-TR, In, Physically, PTSD, Researchers, Studies, These
has treatment · 4
Physical abuse → Although, CBT, Evidence-based, These
related to Other animals · 3
Physical abuse → Adélie, Antarctica, Physical
has cause · 2
Physical abuse → Mash, Wolfe
related to Forms · 2
Physical abuse → Abusive, Physical
Differential diagnosis · 1
Physical abuse → Accidental injury Self-injury
Specialty · 1
Physical abuse → Emergency medicine

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abuse physical also children may violence injury adults child stress abused include treatment trauma assault another abusive physically risk act

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Physical abuseDifferential diagnosisAccidental injury Self-injury1.00infobox
Physical abuseSpecialtyEmergency medicine1.00infobox
Physical abusehas causeMash0.60section
Physical abusehas causeWolfe0.60section
Physical abusehas effectPhysically0.60section
Physical abusehas effectIn0.60section
Physical abusehas effectStudies0.60section
Physical abusehas effectDSM-IV-TR0.60section
Physical abusehas effectPTSD0.60section
Physical abusehas effectAs0.60section
Physical abusehas effectResearchers0.60section
Physical abusehas effectThese0.60section

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