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Abstract:
The present study was designed to collect descriptive data on a sample of hospitalized adolescents who were victims of sexual and/or physical abuse and to compare these groups to patients without a history of abuse. A questionnaire was administered to 51 inpatient teenagers at Fort Logan Mental Health Center, a state psychiatric hospital in Denver, Colorado. Information was obtained about family background, type, extent and duration of abuse, drug and alcohol abuse and self-reported mental health and general adjustment problems. In addition, clinical staff completed the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (1) for the subjects. The results indicated statistically significant differences (p less than .05) between groups with adolescents who were both physically and sexually abused reporting the most problems. The implications for the findings for treatment are discussed.
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