Links between economy and abuse

Grim statistics out recently, which further link economics stresses and child abuse.

MSNBC is reporting on higher rates of shaken baby syndrome.

The study cited in the article includes cases at Nationwide Children's Hopital here in Columbus.

Also called Abusive Head Trauma, indicators of this type of abuse include:

- retinal hemorrhages
- multiple fractures of the long bones
-subdural hematomas (bleeding in the brain).

Victims of SBS may display irritability, failure to thrive, alterations in eating patterns, lethargy, vomiting, seizures, bulging or tense fontanels (the soft spots on an infant's head), increased size of the head, altered breathing, and dilated pupils. (wikipedia.com)

As this abuse become more common, we will see more in our own cases here at CASA of Franklin County.