Child sexual abuse, coping strategies and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder among female inmates

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-63

  Huang, Guoping ^a,b   Zhang, Yalin ^b   Momartin, Shakeh ^c   Huang, Xuanyin ^a   Zhao, Lan ^d  

^a SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors   (Australia)

^d Hunan New Road Occupational School ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Personality; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 39049113334     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200701875840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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