Open AccessSilence of male child sexual abuse in India: Qualitative analysis of barriers for seeking psychiatric help in a multidisciplinary unit in a general hospital
Author(s) -
Vyjayanthi Kanugodu Srinivasa Subramaniyan,
Praveen Kumar Shanmugam Reddy,
Girish Chandra,
Chandrika Rao,
TS Sathyanarayana Rao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_195_17
Subject(s) - psychiatry , child sexual abuse , referral , sexual abuse , child abuse , interview , medicine , psychology , qualitative research , clinical psychology , family medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , political science , law , social science , sociology
In 2007, Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, supported by United Nations Children's Fund, save the children and Prayas conducted a study to understand the magnitude of child abuse in India, they found that 53.22% children faced one or more forms of sexual abuse; among them, the number of boys abused was 52.94%.