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Does Protective Services investigate “emotional” or “verbal” abuse?

April 26, 2017abuse Emotional investigate Protective Services verbal

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Does Protective Services investigate “emotional” or “verbal” abuse?

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No. Protective Services investigates “mental injury”; an observable, identifiable, and substantial impairment of a child’s mental or psychological ability to function, caused by an act by a parent or caretaker or an omission by a parent or caretaker.