The Level of Clinical Improvement in Sexually Abused Children Admitted to an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit


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SERİM DEMİRGÖREN B., Guvenir T., ŞİMŞEK O., Sen B.

IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, cilt.10, sa.1, ss.53-60, 2020 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier identifier

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Objective: Child sexual abuse is a major psychosocial problem, often leading to lifelong adverse consequences and impairments for the victims. The association between child abuse and psychiatric diagnosis has been shown via cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. The aim of this study was to measure, and determine the clinical improvement in patients who had been diagnosed with child sexual abuse and received inpatient treatment in a child and adolescent mental health unit.