News tagged with sexual abuse
Halloween sex offender policies questioned
Oct 22, 2009 |
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The rates of non-familial sex crimes against children under the age of 12 are no higher during the Halloween season than at any other times of the year, according to a study published in the September issue of Sexual Abuse: A ...
Brown professor continues debate over recovered memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Fueling the debate over the controversial psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit is challenging claims by two Harvard University psychiatrists. ...
Study finds higher prevalence of early menarche among survivors of childhood sexual abuse
May 18, 2009 |
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African-American women who were younger at menarche, or the onset of their menstrual periods, were more likely to report a history of childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study led by a researcher at Boston University's ...
Young adults with post-traumatic stress disorder may be more likely to attempt suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—but not exposure to traumatic events without the development of PTSD—may be associated with subsequent attempted suicide in young adults, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of ...
Differences in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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When a child experiences a traumatic event, such as sexual abuse, it may not be until well into adulthood that they remember the incident. It is not known how adults are able to retrieve long-forgotten memories of abuse and ...
Men sexually abused in childhood 10 times more likely to contemplate suicide
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are ...
High Rates of Childhood Sexual Abuse Contributing Factor in Spread of HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Men who engage in risky sexual behavior with other men report much higher rates than average of experiencing severe childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study in the November issue of the International Jo ...
Sexual abuse: Faith can silence victims or provide solace
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. A professor of theology and religious sciences at the Université ...
Child abuse increases risk for later sexually coercive behavior in some men
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Boys who experienced childhood physical or sexual abuse are more likely to use sexually coercive behavior against an unwilling female partner when they are adolescents and young adults.
Physical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only ...
South African epidemic of schoolboy sexual abuse
Jul 29, 2008 |
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By the age of 18 years, two in every five South African schoolboys report being forced to have sex, mostly by female perpetrators. A new study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal for Eq ...
