Childhood Sexual Abuse Among New Psychiatric Outpatients in a City in Northern Alberta-prevalence Rate and Demographic/Clinical Predictors

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major global health problem with serious adverse effects at later ages. Our paper examines the prevalence rates and the demographic and clinical predictors of CSA among adult psychiatric outpatients. A data assessment tool was used to compile information on the demographic and clinical characteristics of all new patients assessed in four psychiatric outpatient clinics between 1st January 2014 and 31st December 2015....