Neurobehavioral sequelae of child sexual abuse

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-220

  Porter, Corinna ^a   Lawson, John S ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; IQ; Learning; Memory; Neurobehavioral; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 18744385540     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/092970490911379     Document Type: Article

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