Sexual and physical abuse histories among child and adolescent psychiatric outpatients
β Scribed by Mary E. Threlkeld; Bruce A. Thyer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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β¦ Synopsis
Despite linkages between physical and srxual abuse experienced by children and adolescents and subsequent emotional, behavioral and mental disorders, no prior studies have eramined the sexual or physical abuse histories occurring among young clients receiving outpatient mental health services. In the present chart review study, a high prevalence of documented and suspected abuse histories were found, with significant differences among male and female, and black and white outpatients, with respect to types of abuse experienced. Recommendations regarding further investigations in this area are discussed.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Although a number of theorists have hypothesized a link between negative experiences during childhood (e.g., abuse) and the presence of psychopathology in adults, little is known about the relative specificity of childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse to different forms of psychopathology. I
## Abstract In this retrospective analysis of inpatient charts, a total of 298 children and adolescents admitted to a public psychiatric hospital over a 1βyear period were examined for the prevalence of reported histories of physical or sexual abuse. Physical abuse was reported in 15% of the cases,