Sex Offenses - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse: data from the 2000 British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to utilize data from the 2000 British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity, a randomized cross-sectional survey of the British population that included questions relating to the phenomena of suicidality ... Read more...

Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students.

30 Aug 2009 A substantial literature has documented that sexual abuse relates to suicidal behaviors but relatively less is known about resilience to suicide, especially cognitive deterrents to suicide. The present study investigated the effects of a history of ... Read more...

Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

3 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Many patients presenting for general medical care have a history of sexual abuse. The literature suggests an association between a history of sexual abuse and somatic sequelae. OBJECTIVE: To systematically assess the association between ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sex Offenses - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse: data from the 2000 British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students. 30 Aug 2009
• Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 3 Aug 2009
• The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending. 12 Jul 2009
• Abuse, mastery, and health among lesbian, bisexual, and two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native women. 29 Jun 2009
• Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts. 29 Jun 2009
• Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior: A narrative review. 6 Jun 2009
• A comparison of PTSD symptom patterns in three types of civilian trauma. 30 May 2009
• Teens and drug facilitated sexual assault. 30 May 2009
• Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey. 30 May 2009
• Mediators of change for multisystemic therapy with juvenile sexual offenders. 30 May 2009
• The relationship between sex offender registry utilization and awareness. 30 May 2009
• Screening and assessing violence and mental health disorders in a cohort of inner city HIV-positive youth between 1998-2006. 30 May 2009
• Sorority participation and sexual assault risk. 17 May 2009
• [Antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in the forensic psychiatric hospital Berlin] 10 May 2009
• Factor structure of the Adolescent Clinical Sexual Behavior Inventory. 29 Apr 2009
• New hope and help for forgotten youth. 29 Apr 2009
• Sexual abuse history in patients. 29 Apr 2009
• Severe sexual sadism--an underdiagnosed disorder? Evidence from a sample of forensic inpatients. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Sex Offenses'

Definition: Any violation of established legal or moral codes in respect to sexual behavior.

Descriptor UI: D012742

Alternative terms: Sex Offenses; Offense, Sex; Offenses, Sex; Sex Offense; Sexual Abuse; Abuse, Sexual; Abuses, Sexual; Sexual Abuses;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.748;

History Note: 68