Guardar el Secreto: la Invisibilización del Abuso Sexual Infantil / Keeping the Secret. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Mental Health | Zendy

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Guardar el Secreto: la Invisibilización del Abuso Sexual Infantil / Keeping the Secret. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Mental Health

Author(s) -

J. Perez

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

kamchatka revista de análisis cultural

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2340-1869

DOI - 10.7203/kam.10.10565

Subject(s) - sexual abuse , psychology , mental health , child sexual abuse , humanities , psychiatry , art , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency

In this article, the epidemiology of childhood sexual abuse and its impact on the mental health will be reviewed. Invisibilization mechanisms, which allow society for not giving a proportional response despite that child sexual abuse is happening in a big percentage of population and that it has been related to mental health problems, will be reviewed. Finally, reflections about mental health professionals role in this field will be discussed. Keywords: Childhood sexual abuse, mental health, trauma, critical review

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