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Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human

Childhood Sexual Abuse critically reviews research into and provides a concise and clear guide to our current knowledge on the topic. The issues covered include

This book describes the profound interferences with normal developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle as a result of chronic child sexual abus