Effects of Child Abuse

Sexual abuse of children has become a curse of the modern society. This problem has gained prominence in 1870s, then for some time it was ignored until in 1960 it surfaced back into the public attention. During past 10-15 years medical community has learned about the large scale of this child sexual abuse from parents or other family members as well as from strangers. In United States alone, there are "150 000 to 200 000 cases of child sexual abuse …

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