Child Sexual Abuse - Discovery, Professionalization and Institutionalization

Introduction

1970 to 1980-Rediscovering Child Sexual Abuse in the USA

1980 to 1990: Compelled to Action - Too Little Knowledge, Failed Cases and Backlash

Initial Efforts to Characterize the Phenotype of victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse

The Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome

Traumagenic Dynamics

Behaviors and psychiatric disorders associated with sexual abuse

1990 to 2000: Backlash, Vulnerabilities of Child Witnesses, and Child Forensic Interviewer Training

2000 to 2010: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the Health CARES (Child Abuse, Research, Education and Services) Network Proposal, the Academy on Violence and Abuse, the Child Abuse Pediatrics Subspecialty and the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

Conclusion

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