Mental and sexual health outcomes following sexual assault in adolescents: a prospective cohort study

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 654-665

  Khadr, Sophie ^a,b   Clarke, Venetia ^b   Wellings, Kaye ^c   Villalta, Laia ^d   Goddard, Andrea ^b,d   Welch, Jan ^b   Bewley, Susan ^b,e   Kramer, Tami ^d   Viner, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; VICTIM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 85053830972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30202-5     Document Type: Article

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