The reported prevalence of physical and sexual abuse among a sample of children and adolescents at a public psychiatric hospital

In this retrospective analysis of inpatient charts, a total of 298 children and adolescents admitted to a public psychiatric hospital over a 1‐year period were examined for the prevalence of reported histories of physical or sexual abuse. Physical abuse was reported in 15% of the cases, while sexual...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of traumatic stress 1994-10, Vol.7 (4), p.713-718
Hauptverfasser: Randall, Elizabeth J., Chowanec, Gregory, Thyer, Bruce A., Josephson, Allan M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this retrospective analysis of inpatient charts, a total of 298 children and adolescents admitted to a public psychiatric hospital over a 1‐year period were examined for the prevalence of reported histories of physical or sexual abuse. Physical abuse was reported in 15% of the cases, while sexual abuse occurred in 13%. A variety of comparisons were made examining possible differences in gender, age, race, diagnosis, and personality trait disturbance among the abused and nonabused patients. Relative to known prevalence rates as reported to child protective agencies, physical or sexual abuse occurred much more frequently among our sample of patients, suggesting the need for careful assessment of such histories upon admission and during treatment.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1002/jts.2490070416