Statement on Corporal Punishment of Children (1986-8s)

Prepared by the section on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and approved by the Board of Directors, September 1986.

We discourage the use of corporal punishment in the care, control or treatment of children.

Alternate methods of treatment, behavioural and physical control are available and usually render corporal punishment unnecessary.

Note: The detailed document on this subject by Dr Ivan Carter to be a reference document.