Physical_abuse

Physical abuse

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Physical abuse
Classification and external resources

ICD-10 T 74.1

Physical abuse Classification and external resources
ICD-10	T 74.1

Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm.

Basic forms include:

striking
punching
pushing, pulling
slapping
Whipping
striking with an object
locking in or out of a room or place/false imprisonment
pinching
kicking
having someone fall
kneeing
strangling
head butting
drowning
sleep deprivation
exposure to cold, freezing
exposure to heat or radiation, burning
exposure to electric shock
placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced)
cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp
exposure to a dangerous animal
throwing or shooting a projectile
exposure to a toxic substance
infecting with a disease
withholding food or medication
spanking is subject to controversy as to whether it qualifies as physical abuse.
assault
bodily harm
humiliation
torture
Blinding a person/causing vision impairments e.g. throwing acid into eyes/face, having eyes gouged out.
negligence
Biting
humiliation
extreme abuse ¹²³

Footnotes

^ Becker, T; Karriker W; Overkamp B; Rutz, C (2008). "The extreme abuse surveys: Preliminary findings regarding dissociative identity disorder", Forensic aspects of dissociative identity disorder. London: Karnac Books, 32-49. ISBN 1-855-75596-3.
^ Rutz, C. Becker, T., Overkamp, B. & Karriker, W. (2008). Exploring Commonalities Reported by Adult Survivors of Extreme Abuse: Preliminary Empirical Findings pp. 31- 84 in Noblitt, J.R.; Perskin, P. S. (eds) (2008). Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-first Century: Psychological, Forensic, Social and Political Considerations. Bandor, OR: Robert Reed, 552. ISBN 1-934759-12-0.
^ Extreme Abuse Survey results