Editing Physical abuse (section)

==Treatment==
Evidence-based interventions for physical abuse include [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) as well as video-feedback interventions and child-parent [[psychodynamic psychotherapy]]; all of which specifically target anger patterns and distorted beliefs, and offer training and/or reflection, support, and modelling that focuses on parenting skills and expectations, as well as increasing empathy for the child by supporting the parent's taking the child's perspective.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kolko | first1 = D. J. | year = 1996 | title = Individual cognitive-behavioral treatment and family therapy for physically abused children and their offending parents: A comparison of clinical outcomes | journal = Child Maltreatment | volume = 1 | issue = 4| pages = 322–342 | doi = 10.1177/1077559596001004004 | s2cid = 144341829 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Schechter | first1 = DS | last2 = Myers | first2 = MM | last3 = Brunelli | first3 = SA | last4 = Coates | first4 = SW | last5 = Zeanah | first5 = CH | last6 = Davies | first6 = M | last7 = Grienenberger | first7 = JF | last8 = Marshall | first8 = RD | last9 = McCaw | first9 = JE | last10 = Trabka | first10 = KA | last11 = Liebowitz | first11 = MR | year = 2006 | title = Traumatized mothers can change their minds about their toddlers: Understanding how a novel use of videofeedback supports positive change of maternal attributions | journal = [[Infant Mental Health Journal]] | volume = 27 | issue = 5| pages = 429–448 | doi = 10.1002/imhj.20101 | pmid = 18007960 | pmc = 2078524 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Lieberman|first=A.F.|year=2007|title=Ghosts and angels: Intergenerational patterns in the transmission and treatment of the traumatic sequelae of domestic violence|journal=Infant Mental Health Journal|volume=28|issue=4|pages=422–439|doi=10.1002/imhj.20145|pmid=28640404}}</ref>

These forms of treatment may include training in social competence and management of daily demands in an effort to decrease [[Parenting stress|parental stress]], which is a known risk factor for physical abuse. Although these treatment and prevention strategies are to help children and parents of children who have been abused, some of these methods can also be applied to adults who have physically abused.<ref name=Mash/>