Risk indicators and psychopathology in traumatised children and adolescents with a history of sexual abuse

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Carey, Paul D ^a   Walker, Jennifer L ^a   Rossouw, Wendy ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual abuse; Childhood sexual abuse; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychopathology; Risk; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 43449085814     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0641-0     Document Type: Article

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