The clinical correlates of reported childhood sexual abuse: An association between age at trauma onset and severity of depression and PTSD in adults

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-170

  Schoedl, Aline Ferri ^a   Costa, Mariana Cadrobbi Pupo ^a   Mari, Jair J ^a   Mello, Marcelo Feijó ^a   Tyrka, Audrey R ^b   Carpenter, Linda L ^b   Price, Lawrence H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Early trauma; PTSD; Risk factors; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77951244828     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538711003615038     Document Type: Article

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