All authors involved emphasize the importance of healthcare
professionals in their respective places of work, since they
represent the first point of contact with the suspected victims.
Most authors consider maltreatment to be increasing and that it is
an underreported problem since the perpetrators belong to the
same family of the victim, with all the issues of affective
ambivalence and emotional dependence that such a situation
implies, favoring denial and hindering prevention and intervention.