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Noting that sexual abuse in childhood can cause physical as well as mental harm later in life, a team of behavioral scientists and psychologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health, present a collection of 14 papers that connect current scientific literature, basic trauma research, and clinical practice. Research into the connections between childhood abuse and social, psychological, behavioral, and health outcomes are summarized and theorized before intervention strategies are described.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA. Examines the effect child sexual abuse (CSA) on adult sexual health outcomes in men and women. Identifies the theory and research-based cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral consequences of trauma influencing sexual risk behavior in adulthood. For researchers and practitioners.

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In this volume, leading researchers and clinicians integrate research from a variety of disciplines - including epidemiology, traumatology, and prevention science - to bridge the current scientific literatures on CSA, basic trauma research, and clinical practice. Chapters identify the theory and research-based cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral consequences of trauma that influence sexual risk behavior in adulthood. The volume also highlights new approaches that begin to translate these findings into interventions for people who have experienced CSA. This comprehensive resource delineates an original program of research that will help set a new course for study and treatment in the field.

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