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Dr. Monica Ruiz-Casares quoted in APTN

Published: 3 May 2021

ā€˜Keep families togetherā€™: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare

ā€¦In many countries, including Canada, neglect is the most common type of maltreatment, says Monica Ruiz-Casares, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at ŗ«¹śĀćĪč.

But what exactly is neglect? According to Ruiz-Casares, itā€™s pretty subjective. ā€œThereā€™s no clear threshold at which so-called poor parenting crosses the line into neglect,ā€ she says.

APTN.

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