Five years after child sexual abuse: Persisting dysfunction and problems of prediction

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 330-339

  Tebbutt, Jennifer ^a   Swanston, Heather ^a   Oates, R Kim ^a   O'Toole, Brian I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavior; follow up; prediction; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031029314     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199703000-00011     Document Type: Article

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