Psychiatric evaluation of sexual abuse cases: A clinical representative sample from Turkey

Nese Perdahli Fis, Ayse Arman, Sibel Kalaca and Meral Berkem

Children and Youth Services Review, 2010, vol. 32, issue 10, 1285-1290

Abstract: Objective This study investigated the characteristics of forensic childhood sexual abuse cases referred for psychiatric evaluation in a university hospital.Material and methods The files of childhood sexual abuse cases referred from the Court to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic between January 2006 and January 2010 were examined retrospectively. The information about demographic variables and characteristics of sexual abuse, as well as diagnostic and treatment processes was reviewed.Results A total of 83 sexual abuse cases were evaluated. The majority of them (69%) were girls. The mean age of the children and adolescents was 11.01 ± 3.9 years. The majority (73.5%) of the suspected perpetrators were familiar people, intrafamilial cases constituting 31.1%. The most common type of sexual abuse encountered was genital contact without penetration, representing 44.6% of the cases. All of the strangers were reported to legal authorities within 3 months whereas the ratio was 77% when offenders were familiar people (pÂ

Keywords: Child; sexual; abuse; Child; psychiatry; Forensic; psychiatry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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