scholarly journals Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents Referred to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Psychiatric Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya ◽  
Mustafa Küçükköse
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

Objectives: Child abuse has been a continuous, hidden health and social problem in all over the world. Identifying risk factors are crucial to implement protective services. In Turkey, data of the legal cases are still lacking. This study aims to assess the sociodemographic and psychiatric features of the sexually abused children who have been referred for forensic evaluation together with their identity issues.Materials and Methods: The forensic files of the sexually abused cases (tı 11: 9 boys, 32 girls) who had been referred to the child psychiatry outpatient clinic were evaluated. Psychiatric diagnoses in the files were based on the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-age children- Turkish Version. Data on age, gender, socioeconomic status and diagnoses of the victims and characteristics of the abusers were gathered and analysed by descriptive statistical methods.Results: Mean age of the victims was 11.54±3.31 years. Socioeconomic levels of their families were mostly lower class with rate of 51.2%. All perpetrators were male with a mean age of 23 years (min 14; max 67). When the consanguinity of the abusers and victims were taken into consideration, it was found that they were intrafamilial (fathers and brothers rate:12.2%), close relatives (19.5%), distant relatives (22.0%), other familiar (such as neighbours, friends: 14.6%) and unfamiliar (24.4%) people for the victims. 19.5% of the victims had mental retardation. The most common diagnoses of the victims were posttraumatic stress disorder (46.3%), other anxiety disorders (17.1%), and major depression (24.4%).Conclusion: Identified risk factors for sexual abuse, determined as the result of this study, are being a female child, late childhood period, mental retardation, and low economic status. The abusers were males who were familiar to the child victims. Preventive measures should be implemented for the entire population, particularly involving the high- risk groups to avoid child abuse.

Sexually Abused Children With Mental Retardation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gozde Bahar Kars ◽  
Fadime Yuksel ◽  
Safa Celik ◽  
Nilufer Keser ◽  
Filiz Daskafa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

scholarly journals The Diagnosis of Child Sexual Abuse

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
Arnon Bentovim
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
International Association ◽  
Battered Child Syndrome ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Battered Child ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Child Syndrome ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

Kempe, in an address to the International Association for Child Abuse and Neglect in 1979, drew the professional communities' attention to ‘the serious plight of sexually abused children’. He described this as the final stage in the communities' recognition of patterns of child abuse. This cycle had commenced with his recognition of ‘The Battered Child Syndrome’ in the early 60s.

Interventions for Physically and Sexually Abused Children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Coulborn Faller
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Sexually Abused Children ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

Social workers play a vital role in helping physically and sexually abused children. In order to play this role, they need knowledge about the nature of the problem: (1) legal definitions of physical and sexual abuse, (2) its incidence and prevalence, and (3) its signs and symptoms. Social workers have three major roles to play: (1) identifying and reporting child abuse to agencies mandated to intervene; (2) investigating and assessing children and families involved in child abuse; and (3) providing evidence-based interventions, both case management and treatment, to physically and sexually abused children.

scholarly journals Why Cleveland Still Matters: Connections with a New Era

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Bacon ◽  
Susan Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

This chapter explores the lasting impact of 1987 Cleveland child abuse crisis in the UK in which 127 children were diagnosed by two paediatricians as having been sexually abused. It highlights how this resulted in tensions, misunderstandings and stresses in the interface between the public and the child protection system, and persistent challenges of creating and sustaining a successful multidisciplinary approach to intervention and protection. It argues that the experience in Cleveland provided unique information about the effects of intervening in child sexual abuse, especially where children are trapped in silence and only come to light by way of a proactive intervention. These children remain difficult to help and the best way of intervening remains contentious. The authors challenge the ethos that leaves sexually abused children vulnerable in the face of investigative and evidential hurdles and suggest ways forward.

Sexually Abused Children: Identification and Suggestions for Intervention

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marla R. Brassard ◽  
Ann Tyler ◽  
Thomas J. Kehle
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Sexually Abused Children
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