Sexual abuse

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• Child sexual abuse is not solely restricted to physical contact; such abuse could include noncontact abuse, such as exposure, voyeurism, and child pornography.
• The response to the disclosure of sexual abuse is critical to the child's ability to resolve and heal the trauma of sexual abuse.
• Yet, if sexual abuse is a function of power and control, frail older persons, who often have little power and may be dependent on others for care, can be extremely vulnerable to sexual mistreatment.
• What are the possible long-term effects of child sexual abuse? If child sexual abuse is not effectively treated, long-term symptoms may persist into adulthood.
• It concludes that the routine provision of psychotherapy is not warranted and that child sexual abuse is an area exploited by many professionals for their own gain.

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