While it may be hard for anyone practising under a therapeutic title to recognise that their own practice may have abusive elements, these can range from abuse through oversight and unintentional overfamiliarity, to the open infringement of physical and psychological boundaries that is taboo within ...
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been associated with a range of different psychopathological conditions, including personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, eating disorders, dissociative symptoms, and suicide attempts. Methodological issues co
According to the recent Australian Child Maltreatment Study, more than one in four Australians have experienced child sexual abuse. Swinburne researchers have been conducting alongitudinal studyof the devastating impacts of this preventable public health problem. Thepaper, "Sexual abuse during childhood an...
Sexual abuse in children is a very frequent problem nowadays. Both the press and television present numerous cases of sexual deviances, with children and youth under the age of 16 being the object of interest. There are many difficulties in determining what really sexual abuse is. Despite countl...
OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the association between sexual abuse in childhood and subsequent incidents of deliberate self-harm in women. METHOD: A random community sample of women (N = 252) that reported having been sexually abused as children was interviewed and compared to a similarly siz...
Adult survivors of child abuseSexual child abuse, sexualViolence against womenChildFamily relationshipsActivities od daily livingObjective: to understand the repercussions of sexual abuse in the adult life of women who were sexually abused in childhood. Method: qualitative research, developed through unstr...
Sexual abuse of children is a grim fact of life in our society. It is more common than most people realize. Some surveys say that at least 1 out of 5 women and 1 out of 10 men recall sexual abuse in childhood. Parents need not feel helpless about the problem. The American Academy of...
There are many long-term consequences for those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. Learn the psychological, physical, social and economic impacts of childhood sexual abuse.
The Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Neglect with Suicide Attempts in an Adult Unipolar Depression Sample Unipolar depression is an important psychiatric disorder that leads to an increased risk of suicide. However, not all depression patients attempt suicide. ... Y Feride,K Suat,B Engin Emrem...
Childhood sexual abuse includes fondling and petting, oral sex, actual or attempted penetration, voyeurism, indecent exposure, inducement to engage in sexual activity and sexual exploitation (prostitution). 'A wider range of psychiatric issues' ...