In a sense child molestation always produces mental health problems because almost universally children do not recognize anything much is wrong at the time, but then later, call their haunting memories sexual trauma if you like. It is only later that they feel trashed and are likely to react in ways including clinical behavior.
-Bob --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, smartn...@... wrote: > > Sexual Trauma May Spark Mental Health Problems - ScienceDaily (June 17, > 2010) â" > > Traumatic sexual incidents may cause serious mental health problems in the > years after the events, research at the University of Ulster has shown. > Using a unique investigative method, researchers at the University's > Psychology Research Institute examined the mental health of women who had visited > rape crisis centres -- and it showed that sexual trauma plays a role in the > development of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.... > > The collaborative study saw the University of Ulster link up with the > University of Southern Denmark to examine the data gathered from the Danish > Civil Registration System (CRS), which is a database of official information > held on Danish citizens since 1968.... A. Elklit, M. Shevlin. Female Sexual > Victimization Predicts Psychosis: A Case-Control Study Based on the Danish > Registry System. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2010; DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq048 > _http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616122318.htm_ > (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616122318.htm) > > > A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and > torture will be held on August 6 - 8, 2010, between 8 - 5 PM Saturday and > Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel near Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella > Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (between Hartford, CT and > Springfield, MA). This conference will help educate survivors of this abuse and their > helpers. Pre-registration is preferred. For information write > S.M.A.R.T., P. O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027-1295 E-mail: smartn...@..., > conference information is at: _http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/_ > (http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/) >
