Preliminary Links and Description

http://www.britannica.com/bps/dictionary?query=insanity&blacklist=insanity.
Insanity is a deranged state of mind usually occurring as a specific disorder such as schizophrenia. It is also defined as unsoundness of the mind or lack of understanding that prevents someone from having the mental capacity required by law to be in a particular relationship, status, or transaction or removes someone from criminal or civil responsibility.


http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm.
In one long-term study 80% of young adults who had experienced child abuse met the diagnostic criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder at an age of only 21. Some of the conditions associated with abuse are depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide attempts, panic disorders, dissociative disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anger, posttraumatic stress disorder, and reactive attachment disorder.


wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn.
Child abuse is, in general, the physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of children. Child abuse is divided in four categories: physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.


http://www.medicinenet.com/child_abuse/article.htm.
Around 2005 3.3 million cases of child abuse and neglect were reported and filed. There are risk factors showing that certain children may be abused if: they have a past history of abuse, they have learning disabilities or mental retardation, if they have malformations or chronic conditions, and if they are adopted or are foster children.