Early intervention service for non-abusing parents of victims of child sexual abuse: Pilot study.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Forbes, Fiona Mok, Jacqueline Lemvig, Jette
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	BACKGROUND Childhood sexual abuse is a non-specific risk factor for psychopathological disorders in childhood and later life. The response of non-abusing parents to disclosure of abuse may influence the child's outcome. Aims To assess the level of psychopathological symptoms in parents and children following disclosure of sexual abuse and the changes following a parental treatment intervention. METHOD Parents completed standardised rating scales about their own and their child's symptoms. These were repeated following the intervention. RESULTS Thirty-nine parents of 31 children completed scales at the baseline assessment; 18 repeated these following interventions. Initially, parents reported high rates of psychopathological symptoms in themselves and their children, which were reduced following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms the high rates of psychopathological symptoms found in parents of children following disclosure of sexual abuse. Children clinically identified for intervention had higher measured levels of psychopathological symptoms. Targeted treatment interventions are needed.
Starting Page	66
Ending Page	72
Page Count	7
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/bjprcpsych/183/1/66.full.pdf
PubMed reference number	12835246v1
Volume Number	183
Journal	The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Drug abuse Physiological Sexual Disorders nervous system disorder
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article