Psychological effects
The impact of childhood sexual abuse on mental health and wellbeing of children and adults, including depression, PTSD symptoms and suicidal thoughts, has long been among the most heavily-researched aspects of sexual trauma.
This section gives some examples of the range of issues and effects which have been explored.
- Roots of dissociation, Drijer [pdf 79k]
- Self harm victimisation, Gladstone [pdf 183k]
- Dissociation, Kiel [pdf 119k]
- Reliving early trauma 2, Lowit [MS PowerPoint 48k]
- Lifetime psychopathology, MacMillan [pdf 138k]
- Hallucinations, Read [MS Word 233k]
- Impact on mental health, Spataro [pdf 145k]
- Hallucinations, Whitfield [MS Word 160k]
- Self harm Victimisation, Gladstone [pdf 183k]
- Psychosis, Krabbendam [pdf 125k]
- Reliving early trauma mental health, Lowit [MS Word 55k]
- Trauma and psychosis, Morrison [pdf 69k]
- Psychosis & schizophrenia, Read [pdf 231k]
- Risk factors for depression, Weiss [pdf 163k]
