Impaired sensory-emotional integration in a violent adolescent sex offender

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Wahlberg, Lawrence ^a   Kennedy, Joycee ^b   Simpson, Janice ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Aurora Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Emotional numbing; Sexual assault; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347379741     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v12n01_01     Document Type: Article

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