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Article

Awakening to the Nightmare: Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Remember

Pages 146-151
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article identifies ten common symptoms in the presenting problems of ten adult victims of childhood sexual abuse who were in denial about that abuse until recent memory. A description of each symptom is provided. Examples of each symptom in the form of quotations drawn from presenting problem statements are given as is a quantitative representation for each symptom formed by the ratio of the number of presenting problems containing the symptom out of a possible ten. Secondary symptoms, those reported in less than half of the presenting problem statements, are also identified, described, tabulated, and illustrated with direct quotations.

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Eric Sigmund

Eric Sigmund has a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, is an ITAA Certified Transactional Analyst with a clinical specialty, and is in private practice on the island of Maui.