Sibling Abuse

Download or read book Sibling Abuse written by Vernon R. Wiehe and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1997-06-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often excused by parents as `kids will be kids' behaviour, sibling abuse remains largely unrecognized. Symptoms of such abuse and its devastating effects on victims go undetected, victims do not receive appropriate therapeutic intervention, and transgressors do not come to the attention of the courts. The author of this book brings this neglected area `out of the shadows' with personal accounts of adult survivors, insights into why sibling abuse occurs, suggestions for prevention and implications for treatment.