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Child sexual abuse

S Romans1, H Douglass, J Martin

  • 1Department of Psychological Medicine, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Current Opinion in Pediatrics
|August 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Recent research advances our understanding of child sexual abuse (CSA) as a risk factor for adult psychosocial issues. Progress includes improved diagnostics, links to psychiatric problems, and trauma

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant risk factor for adult psychosocial problems.
  • Media attention on CSA frequency and effects has increased.
  • Empirical knowledge regarding CSA's long-term impact has grown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize recent empirical advances in understanding child sexual abuse (CSA).
  • To highlight progress in diagnostics, psychiatric links, and memory effects of CSA.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent empirical research on child sexual abuse.
  • Analysis of advancements in diagnostic procedures for CSA examinations.
  • Examination of studies linking CSA to psychiatric morbidity and memory.

Main Results:

  • Significant progress has been made in diagnostic procedures for CSA physical examinations.
  • Enhanced understanding of the connection between CSA and subsequent psychiatric morbidity.
  • Increased cognizance of trauma effects, specifically CSA, on memory.

Conclusions:

  • Recent empirical work has significantly advanced the understanding of child sexual abuse (CSA).
  • Key areas of progress include diagnostics, psychiatric links, and memory impacts.
  • Further research continues to elucidate the complex effects of CSA.

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