Title: Child sexual abuse - Wikipedia
Headings: Child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse
Contents
Effects
Psychological
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Research factors
Physical
Injury
Infections
Neurological damage
Incest
Types
Commercial sexual exploitation
Disclosure
Treatment
Children and adolescents
Adults
Prevention
Offenders
Demographics
Typology
Causal factors
Pedophilia
Recidivism
Other children
Teachers
Prevalence
Global
Africa
Asia
Pacific
United States and Europe
International law
History
Early writings
Public concern
Civil lawsuits
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act which never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior." Contents
1 Effects
1.1 Psychological
1.1.1 Posttraumatic stress disorder
1.1.2 Research factors
1.2 Physical
1.2.1 Injury
1.2.2 Infections
1.2.3 Neurological damage
2 Incest
3 Types
3.1 Commercial sexual exploitation
4 Disclosure
5 Treatment
5.1 Children and adolescents
5.2 Adults
6 Prevention
7 Offenders
7.1 Demographics
7.2 Typology
7.3 Causal factors
7.4 Pedophilia
7.5 Recidivism
7.6 Other children
7.7 Teachers
8 Prevalence
8.1 Global
8.2 Africa
8.3 Asia
8.4 Pacific
8.5 United States and Europe
9 International law
10 History
10.1 Early writings
10.2 Public concern
10.3 Civil lawsuits
11 See also
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links
Effects
Psychological
Child sexual abuse can result in both short-term and long-term harm, including psychopathology in later life. Indicators and effects include depression, anxiety, eating disorders, poor self-esteem, somatization, sleep disturbances, and dissociative and anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder. While children may exhibit regressive behaviours such as thumb sucking or bedwetting, the strongest indicator of sexual abuse is sexual acting out and inappropriate sexual knowledge and interest. Victims may withdraw from school and social activities and exhibit various learning and behavioural problems including cruelty to animals, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Teenage pregnancy and risky sexual behaviors may appear in adolescence. Child sexual abuse victims report almost four times as many incidences of self-inflicted harm. A study funded by the USA National Institute of Drug Abuse found that "Among more than 1,400 adult females, childhood sexual abuse was associated with increased likelihood of drug dependence, alcohol dependence, and psychiatric disorders. The associations are expressed as odds ratios: for example, women who experienced nongenital sexual abuse in childhood were 2.83 times more likely to suffer drug dependence as adults than were women who were not abused."