Do mental health professionals enquire about childhood sexual abuse during routine mental health assessment in acute mental health settings? A substantive literature review

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 473-483

  Hepworth, I ^a   Mcgowan, L ^b  

^a TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult survivors of abuse; Child abuse; Scales and assessment; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879553282     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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