CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE: DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES ON A CASE
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CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE: DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES ON A CASE

Turk J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2005;12(3):141-144
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Abstract

Childhood sexual abuse is an important and complex adverse life experience which leads to serious psychological and psychiatric outcomes. Victims of sexual abuse may come across physicians from different specialities. Abused children admit to physicians either with specific and diagnostic physical and mental symptoms or with non-specific symptoms. Education of physicians dealing with the children about evaluation of sexual abuse and about protection from sexual abuse will provide early recognition of abuse and decrease the long term complications. In this paper, diagnotic difficulties of sexual abuse is discussed based on a case in which sexual abuse were determined four years after admission.

Keywords: Childhood sexual abuse, physical and psychiatric symptoms, diagnosis