There were a total of 135 (13.5%) women out of the total of 1000 women at T1 who reported abuse on one or more items on the Abuse Assessment Screen or the abuse-related stress item on the Prenatal ...

Oct. 11—Police are looking into a Joplin teenager's disclosure this week that she was sexually abused by a family member. Capt. William Davis of the Joplin Police Department said the 15-year-old ...

Because disclosure of CSA is the first step to recovery, it’s most important to understand factors that encourage or discourage disclosure. To that end, Latiff, Fang, Goh and Tan (2023) conducted a ...

This past week marked the second anniversary of the creation of the #MeToo Movement. The #MeToo hashtag has afforded people an opportunity to anonymously disclose that they were sexually violated in ...

Andrea de Silva works for the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse who conducted this study. The National Centre is funded by the Department of Social Services. The National Centre is a ...

Dear Amy: Please encourage people who have been abused in childhood to confront their abusers in life, and not wait until they are dead to “share” their accusations with family members. I was ...

India has enacted strong child protection laws over the past decade, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, which criminalises sexual abuse of children and ...