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Child sexual abuse I: psychopathology
1Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Queensland, Mental Health Centre, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Australia. bnurcombe@psychiatry.uq.edu.au
Objective:
To review scientific literature concerning the prevalence, childhood outcome and adult outcome of child sexual abuse, and the hypothetical models that have been postulated to explain its psychopathology.
Method:
Selective critical review of literature.
Results:
Estimates of prevalence of sexual abuse suggest that a significant number of children of both sexes are affected. Research into the psychopathology of sexual abuse is hindered by methodological problems. However, sexual abuse has been associated with a number of psychiatric disorders and maladaptive lifestyles in childhood and adulthood. Several theoretical models of the psychopathology of child sexual abuse are examined and compared.
Conclusions:
A transactional model is the most comprehensive and encompassing.
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