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 Child Sexual Abuse // National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Julia Whealin, Ph.D. Child sexual abuse includes a wide range of sexual behaviors that take place between a child and an older person.
Because sexual abuse often occurs in private, and because it often does not result in physical evidence, child sexual abuse can be difficult to detect.
There is not a "child sexual abuse syndrome," or any symptom that a majority of sexually abused children exhibit.
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/specific/fs_child_sexual_abuse.html   (1293 words)

  
 Abuse
Sexual abuse is any type of sexual contact between an adult and child or between a significantly older child and a younger child.
Abuse can also take the form of hate crimes directed at people just because of their race, religion, abilities, gender, or sexual orientation.
It may be physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or a combination of any or all of those.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/family_abuse.html   (602 words)

  
 Child Abuse Prevention Network
Child maltreatment, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse and neglect are our key areas of concern.
Originally developed at the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University, and now sponsored byLifeNET, Inc. The Child Abuse Prevention Network is dedicated to enhancing internet resources for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and reducing the negative conditions in the family and the community that lead to child maltreatment.
The Child Abuse Prevention Network -- the World Wide Internet Nerve Center for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect.
http://child-abuse.com   (333 words)

  
 Sexual dysfunction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sexual dysfunction is more common in people who abuse alcohol and drugs.
Sexual problems were merely symptoms of a deeper malaise and the diagnostic approach was from the psychopathological.
Sexual dysfunction or sexual malfunction is difficulty during any stage of the sexual act (which includes desire, arousal, orgasm, and resolution) that prevents the individual or couple from enjoying sexual activity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_disorder   (1316 words)

  
 Robyn's Nest - The Parenting Network - Prevent Sexual Abuse
Most sexual abuse involves gentle fondling and is accompanied by gentle and caring words.
Sexual abuse happens when an adult or older child uses a younger child for sexual stimulation.
At first, child sexual abuse may be marginally inappropriate, such as tickling or hugging to excess.
http://www.robynsnest.com/childabuse.htm   (1163 words)

  
 AFA: About this Issue - Special bioethics issue
I refer to the “Cycle of Abuse” to embed the topic within the range of exploitative behaviors which also includes child sexual abuse, some kinds of sexual disorders, rape, and marital problems.
The sexualisation of the home is one of the reasons we see such an upsurge in child sexual abuse, the expansion of what we used to call promiscuity, and the pressure to normalise every form of sexual behavior which was once called sexual perversion or deviation.
I link it to the physical and sexual abuse of women and children because that is the background.
http://www.family.org.au/journal/2004/j20040304.htm   (3763 words)

  
 Sexual disorder
Hudson Valley Center for Cognitive Therapy Provides psychotherapy treatment of depression, anxiety disorders (Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, PTSD, Social Phobia), substance abuse, and relationship/sexual issues.
Sexual aversion disorder An avoidance of or aversion to genital sexual contact 3.
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Members are encouraged to develop their own sexual recovery plan, and to define sexual sobriety for themselves.
http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-Sexual_disorder.html   (758 words)

  
 Custodial Sexual Misconduct Laws: A State-by-State Legislative Review
A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee if such person subjects an individual who is confined in a correctional institution or a city or county correctional or jail facility or under parole supervision to sexual penetration or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 28-318.
Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree is a Class IV felony.
a) A person commits the offense of custodial sexual misconduct when he or she is an employee of a penal system and engages in sexual conduct or sexual penetration with a person who is in the custody of that penal system.
http://www.spr.org/en/doc_01_csmlaws.html   (8257 words)

  
 A History of Sexual Abuse Elevates the Massachusetts Teenagers' Risk of Engaging in Unsafe Sexual Practices
The researchers used logistic regression analyses to determine the relationship between sexual risk and sexual abuse, controlling for demographic variables found in chi-square analyses to be significantly associated with sexual risk (age, grade, and race or ethnicity).
To assess the association between sexual abuse and risky sexual behavior among adolescents, researchers analyzed data from the 1997 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
To further assess the effects of a history of sexual abuse on sexual risk behaviors, the authors conducted stepwise logistic regression analyses (controlling for selected demographic characteristics and other factors associated with these risk behaviors).
http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3304401.html   (8257 words)

  
 Child abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sexually abused child was most likely to sustain serious injury or impairment when a birth parent was the perpetrator (see incest).
In addition, there is evidence to suggest (see rape and incest) that women commit sexual abuse against their own children in far greater numbers than are being reported, often with covert, non-contact methods, and that they can conceal both overt and covert child sexual abuse much more easily inside their families than can men.
Childhelp's programs, which directly serve abused children and their families, focus on meeting the children's physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse   (2070 words)

  
 Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE has been reported between 300,000 to 400,000 times a year, but the number of unreported instances is far greater, because the children are afraid to tell anyone what has happened, and the legal procedure for validating an episode is difficult.
When sexual abuse occurs within the family, the child may fear the anger, jealousy or shame of other family members, or be afraid the family will break up if the secret is told.
The authors provide parents and families with step-by-step guidance on the entire experience: from the moment abuse is suspected, through the seemingly endless legal procedures, to selecting and working with a therapist, helping investigators work effectively with the child, and on to the time when the family is whole once again.
http://www.focusas.com/Abuse.html   (3271 words)

  
 IslamOnline - Contemporary Section
It further emphasizes the complex, often subliminal, yet powerful forces of not only the childhood mother-son and father-son relationships, but the childhood experience of sexual abuse as all of these factors relate to the development of the child's sense of self, including gender identification and future relational choices.
This finding, perhaps one of the most significant of Dr. Dickson's study, suggests that sexual abuse should be considered in evaluating etiologic factors contributing to the development of adult male homosexuality.
No human behavior, let alone sexual behavior, has been connected to genetic markers to date.…Sexuality, like every other behavior, is undoubtedly influenced by both biological and societal factors.
http://www.islam-online.net/english/Contemporary/2003/02/article01-3.shtml   (3271 words)

  
 Link found between self-mutilation and risky sexual behavior
Yet, the researchers found that self-mutilation is associated with risky sexual behaviors even when controlling for abuse factors.
The study also found that self-cutters were more likely to be white, female and have a history of sexual abuse.
Brown says that nobody realized the relationship between self-cutting and sexual risk would be so strong.
http://www.psychdaily.com/article/742   (357 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Sexual problems overview
Sexual dysfunction is more common in people who abuse alcohol and drugs.
Sexual difficulties may begin early in a person's life, or they may develop after an individual has previously experienced enjoyable and satisfying sex.
Simple, open, accurate, and supportive education about sex and sexual behaviors or responses may be all that is required in many cases.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001951.htm   (357 words)

  
 Psychologists' Sexual & Physical Abuse History
The most frequently reported types of abuse were sexual abuse by a relative (13.8%); sexual abuse by a nonrelative other than a teacher, physician, therapist, or counselor (13.1%); and physical abuse (11.0%).
Some practitioners, of course, may experience the opposite response: An experience of a particular kind of abuse in their personal lives might have been so devastatingly painful and disruptive that they seek to avoid working with clients who have encountered similar abuse.
It must be kept in mind that a practitioner's history of abuse was not found to be related to evaluations of graduate or internship programs or to perceived competence.
http://www.kspope.com/therapistas/abuse1.php   (5336 words)

  
 sexual hypnotism
Members shall not engage in verbal, physical or sexual abuse of any client.
J.Enns (Harcourt Brace, 1993 0-15-500103-5) Sexual Assault and Abuse: A Handbook for Clergy and...
of the rather risquÈ (for the time) way that sexual instincts formed a key part of this theories...
http://yourhypnosis.com/hypnotist/sexualhypnotism   (1363 words)

  
 Sexual
The clinician's judgment of this is based on her sexual experience, adequacy of foreplay and norms for her age.
Repeatedly for at least 6 months, the patient has intense sexual desires, fantasies or behaviors concerning the act of watching an unsuspecting person who is naked, disrobing or having sex.
Repeatedly for at least 6 months, the patient has intense sexual desires, fantasies or behaviors that involve touching and rubbing against a person who doesn't consent to this behavior.
http://www.geocities.com/morrison94/Sexual.htm   (1981 words)

  
 Forced Sexual Intercourse EJHS.ORG
Sexual abuse was found to be associated with lower age at first intercourse and higher rates of reported pregnancy.
Physical and/or sexual abuse was reported in about 20% of their subjects, and such violence was significantly associated with cocaine usage.
We sought to determine whether selected demographic and behavioral factors from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were associated with histories of forced sexual intercourse among American high-school students.
http://www.ejhs.org/volume7/forcedsex.html   (1859 words)

  
 Physical Abuse of Children ::::: Welcome to ChildTrauma Academy :::::::::::
Physical abuse is a form of child maltreatment (a broad category of behavior that also includes sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect).
It is not necessary for the harm to be intentionally inflicted, and in the majority of situations physical abuse is the unintentional end result of harsh disciplinary methods or corporal punishment that have escalated to point of physical injury or the risk of physical injury.
In other studies examining risk for physical abuse, it is clear than any conditions that increase distress for the family, parent or disrupt interaction between parent and child will increase risk for physical abuse.
http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/physical_abuse.asp   (3987 words)

  
 Sexual Development and Behaviour
Assessment of a person’s psychosexual development must also include consideration of environmental influences, such as the modern media, ethnic/cultural beliefs, family practices, past exposure to sexuality, possible abuse (physical and emotional, as well as sexual), and sexual knowledge.
Psychosexual Development is a broad term that can be considered the process of growing and maturing physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually so that there is a healthy balance between the physical/biological aspects of sexual behaviour and the psychological and emotional context in which the behaviour occurs.
It is thus more appropriate to view a child or adult’s sexual feelings, knowledge and behaviours within the context of that person’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
http://www.consulting-psych.com/sex-development.htm   (3987 words)

  
 Preventing Child Abuse - and other crime
Sexual abuse of children has been defined as "the involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual activities which they do not fully comprehend, to which they are unable to give informed consent, or which violates social taboos of family roles."
So then, children are paying a terrible price of abuse whether sexual or physical, emotional or mental, much of which can be directly linked in one way or another to the results of the old sexual revolution.
They are also more likely to feel insecure, vulnerable to peer pressure, searching for love and affection, vulnerable to sexual predators, missing out on schooling, unemployed or unemployable in a situation where money is extremely tight.
http://www.globalchange.com/books/rpl7.htm   (3987 words)

  
 Engaging in a sexual relationship with a former client
However, there was no physical, emotional or sexual abuse, as the client was not the member’s client after discharge.
The member submitted that there was no nurse-client relationship at the time that he and the client engaged in a sexual relationship because the client had been discharged from the in-patient unit.
The College alleged that the member committed acts of professional misconduct by engaging in a sexual, intimate and/or nontherapeutic relationship with the client or former client, and by abusing the client physically, emotionally and/or sexually.
http://www.cno.org/pubs/mag/2004/12Dec/sec/decisions/kaspeowski.htm   (663 words)

  
 Mountain Herbz USA
Sexual Abuse: Sexual abuse is a significant risk factor for desire and arousal disorders in women.
Dyspareunia is genital pain experienced during sexual intercourse.
Women, however, are at a greater risk than men for developing sexual desire and sexual performance problems.
http://www.mountainherbz.com/gyno_des.html   (1375 words)

  
 Thank God for sexual frustration!
No wonder some survivors may feel like they could manage the pain of sexual abuse if only they didnÂ’t need to have sex.
In the case of a sexual abuse survivor, there are many things that can trigger a sexual painful emotions.
Because sexual frustration gives you the initiative you need to facilitate your spouseÂ’s healing and the restoration of your marriage.
http://www.dwightclough.com/repair/thank.html   (810 words)

  
 Intercourse: Occupation/Collaboration (1 of 2)
There has been--despite the cruelty of exploitation and forced sex--a consistent vision for women of a sexuality based on a harmony that is both sensual and possible.
Intercourse in reality is a use and an abuse simultaneously, experienced and described as such, the act parlayed into the illuminated heights of religious duty and the dark recesses of morbid and dirty brutality.
Intercourse is not a political condition or event or circumstance because it is natural.
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/IntercourseI.html   (3682 words)

  
 Adolescence: Sexual abstinence counseling of adolescents by physicians
Discussion is needed to determine if topics such as sexual abstinence, masturbation, and sexual abuse can be effectively undertaken by physicians since it may be that they consider it their role only to make specific interventions or give prescriptions that will have an effect on the physiological outcome of sexual activity.
Stewart (1987) suggests that the goals of sexuality counseling should be to help adolescents sort out their feelings, make them aware of the consequences of their choices, and finally, guide them in making appropriate decisions.
Teenagers are often uncomfortable talking about their sexuality, and if the physician fails to introduce the subject, a valuable counseling opportunity is likely to be missed.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_n120_v30/ai_17856556   (1291 words)

  
 Sexual Problems & Resources
The sexual dysfunction is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (except another sexual dysfunction) and is not due exclusively to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
Sexual contact between a helping professional (eg, physician, counselor, or minister) and their patients or clients is condemned by professional organizations and licensing bodies, and is considered to be sexual exploitation.
Sexual problems are often the result of simple learned behaviors and associations we make over years of conditioning.
http://www.northshorehypnosis.com/SexualProblems.htm   (1291 words)

  
 Another Aftershock by Thomas G. Plante, America: The Catholic Weekly Magazine
If 20 percent of women and 15 percent of men consistently report that they were victims of sexual abuse as children, with about 80 percent saying that the abuse was perpetrated by a family member, then we still have a great deal of work to do to prevent sexual abuse of children.
The Catholic Church has an opportunity to make use of state-of-the-art research and clinical practice to minimize the number of potential sex offenders entering ministry and to act quickly when someone engages in sexual misconduct.
The best available research suggests that sexual victimization of children is also committed at levels similar to those of priests by male clergy of other religious traditions, as well as by schoolteachers, scout leaders, coaches and other men who have access to and control over children.
http://www.americamagazine.org/gettext.cfm?articleTypeID=1&textID=3495&issueID=478   (1250 words)

  
 Cycle of abuse bibliography - National Child Protection Clearinghouse
A review of the literature is first presented, with a focus on the intergenerational transmission of risk of child sexual assault; the competency and capacity of mothers with a history of sexual abuse to parent and support their children; and the stress experienced by mothers at the time of disclosure.
The author discusses the link between childhood sexual abuse and homelessness, and describes the cycle of victimisation that often results from the effects of abuse.
The authors share their observations that children who are brought up in the midst of social problems such as poverty, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse, and criminal system involvement can face very poor outcomes in their adult lives.
http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/bib/cycle.html   (2844 words)

  
 Options for managing significant sexual attraction between stepsiblings - p. 1 of 2
That raises another vital question for responsible co-parents: what is sexual abuse (vs. sexual aggression?) Again, the semantic difference is important, for typical co-parents (and authorities) are more apt to stay calm, rational, and co-operative if a child is aggressive than abusive.
One aspect of this is that the odds of sexual tension or behavior between cohabiting or visiting stepsiblings is significantly higher than between typical genetic sisters and brothers.
Therefore, their sexual behavior is not immoral (inherently wrong).
http://sfhelp.org/Rx/sibs/lust.htm   (3191 words)

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