General Article Child sex abuse survivors are five times more likely to be the victims of sexual assault...

Topic Selected: Child Abuse Book Volume: 388
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Nina Papalia, Swinburne University of Technology and James Ogloff, Swinburne University of Technology

As Australia’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and other cases have shown, the impact of child sexual abuse is devastating.

Adverse mental health outcomes are the most recognised and researched effects of abuse. These can include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and feelings of guilt, shame, anger and low self-...

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