[ Akagi-kohgen Hospital appeared in TV program
"News Plus 1 - child abuse" ]
Akagi-kohgen Hospital appeared in the year-end special
TV program "News Plus 1 - focusing on the mysteries of child abuse".
The program featured the treatment of a 21-year-old young lady who survived
child abuse. She was emotionally unstable and depressed. She had suicidal
tendencies and had slashed her wrist many times. In fact, the program showed
the doctor treating her cut wrist. After her 'rage-fit', he explained that
the rage-fit was the recovery process in child abuse survivors and it showed
that the patient understood the fact that "these people never abandoned
me" even though she expressed her real feelings. Child abuse survivors
are the most difficult people to treat and recovery is usually a lengthy
painful process.
When we treat alcoholic families, we should
never overlook latent problems
of child abuse. We believe it's our duty
to help those children or adult
children of alcoholics with their difficulties.
By Michio Takemura, M.D.(01/23/1999) Akagi-kohgen Hospital
1051, Minami-Taira, Kita-Akagi-san,
Seta-gun, Gunma Prefecture,
(Postal Code: 379-1111), JAPAN
TEL:
0279-56-8148
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