The long shadow of sexual abuse : developmental effects across the life cycle

The long shadow of sexual abuse : developmental effects across the life cycle /

The Long Shadow of Sexual Abuse: Developmental Effects across the Life Cycle has one simple purpose--to describe the profound interferences with normal developmental processes that occur in every subsequent developmental phase throughout life as theresult of chronic child sexual abuse. Through the p...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Colarusso, Calvin A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, 2010
Subjects:
Child sexual abuse > Case studies.
Adult child abuse victims > Case studies.
Personality development.
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse > psychology
Child Abuse, Sexual > psychology
Personality Development
Sexual Behavior > psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > psychology
Case Reports
Case studies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:The Long Shadow of Sexual Abuse: Developmental Effects across the Life Cycle has one simple purpose--to describe the profound interferences with normal developmental processes that occur in every subsequent developmental phase throughout life as theresult of chronic child sexual abuse. Through the presentation of detailed case histories of individuals ranging in age from five to the early sixties, Colarusso convincingly demonstrates that the effects are life long. Sections on normal development forchildhood, adolescence, young, and middle adulthood are followed by case histories, arranged chron.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780765707680
0765707683
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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