Health consequences of childhood sexual abuse

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-64

  Wilson, Debra Rose ^a,b  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b Walden University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Child abuse survivors; Childhood sexual abuse; Health consequences; Sequelae; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449128306     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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