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The Treatment of Abused Children: The Natural Sequence of Events

Abused and neglected children and parents who were maltreated as children tend to follow a sequence of seven phases of progression in their treatment: realization, protest, dealing with guilt, working through despair, reevaluating relationships, reconciliation, and the reconstruction of their lives.

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