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Who works with adult victims of childhood sexual abuse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rob Macpherson  and
Isam Babiker
Rob Macpherson*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Unit, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB
Isam Babiker
Affiliation:
Mental Health Unit, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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A survey of mental health professionals in a Bristol NHS trust found that most had experience of therapeutic work with sexually abused patients and over half were currently engaged in such work. Supervision was variable and often considered inadequate. Few responders routinely enquired about historical abuse in the course of psychiatric assessment. The findings indicate a need for agreed strategy involving training, supervision and inter-agency co-operation to deal with this increasingly common problem.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 70 - 72
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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