Child sexual abuse in clinical and forensic psychiatry: A review of recent literature

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-504

  Werner, Jairo ^a,c   Werner, Maria Cristina Milanez ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Heloisa Marinho Research Institute (IPHEM)   (Brazil)

^c IPHEM Instituto de Pesquisas Heloisa Marinho   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent forensic psychiatry; Child sexual abuse; Family evaluation; Forensics practitioners; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COOPERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERT WITNESS; GROUP THERAPY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PEDOPHILIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; SEX OFFENSES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 52449111608     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328305e4b0     Document Type: Review

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