| Research suggests that undisclosed sexual abuse on | | | | a single trauma or continued abuse. |
| children has important clinical implications. Children | | | | Older children with verbal communication capacity can |
| encounter shock that threatens their integrity and | | | | communicate their experience of traumatic episodes. |
| wellbeing due to the extremely aversive nature of | | | | However, in infants, behavioral changes may be the |
| the event. Critical psychological setbacks may build up | | | | only discernible signs of distress. The symptoms of |
| in the victim as a consequence of this childhood | | | | PTSD can be subtle and may bear a resemblance to |
| trauma. The upshot of the molestation may be | | | | other psychosomatic and behavioral disarrays. These |
| deferred till the child grows into an adult. Lasting | | | | include the following: |
| physical and emotional effects that are frequently | | | | Intense trepidation, terror, or confused or restless |
| observed consist of melancholy, aggressiveness and | | | | behavior because the child re-lives the episode (e.g., |
| self-destructive conduct, nervousness, a mind-set of | | | | through flashbacks or nightmares). |
| seclusion and disgrace, reduced sense of self-worth, | | | | Deadened emotional responsiveness. |
| lack of trust in other people that impedes relationship | | | | Symptoms like unexplained stomachaches and |
| formation, substance abuse, and deficiency in | | | | headaches. |
| adjusting to healthy sexual relations. | | | | Trouble in sound sleep, uncontrolled urination while |
| The graveness of long-standing impact of abuse | | | | sleeping. |
| outweighs its instantaneous, observable outcomes. | | | | Insufficient attention, violent and disobedient manners |
| Serious clinical complications may involve brain | | | | (resulting in the misdiagnosis of a conduct disorder) |
| damage, hindrance in growth and development of the | | | | Phobias. |
| mind, problems and setback in learning. If survivors of | | | | Keeping away from people avoidance, emotional |
| child abuse are neglect then at later life they may be | | | | constriction. |
| exposed to risks for involving low academic | | | | Physiologic hyperarousal. |
| achievement, drug use, teen pregnancy, and criminal | | | | Learning disability |
| behavior. These outcomes influence not just the child | | | | Prolonged PTSD can bring about changes in the |
| and his or her immediate family, but society in its | | | | micro-structural design of the brain. |
| entirety. | | | | Parental support, providing a secure environment to |
| In light of these findings, it is imperative that timely | | | | grow up in, reduces susceptibility of the traumatized |
| detection of sexual abuse victims is vital for lessening | | | | children to PTSD than children who suffer constant |
| of affliction, development of psychological maturity, | | | | abuse. The caregiver must not be shaken, |
| and for improved adult performance. | | | | devastated, or withdrawn in response to this trying |
| One of the long-term effects of sexual transgression | | | | situation. Reassurance by the child's caregiver helps in |
| on children is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). | | | | stabilizing the emotional balance of the child. |
| This risk is present whether the child is subjected to | | | | |