Abstract
The aim of this study is to research deeply on the post-traumatic stress disorder in sexually abused children. Proving the presence of forms of the disorder in children and the their treatment mode will be in the center of the study. The methods used to conduct this study will be a literature review on the focused issue referring to reviews of articles which focus on the defined peer group. For the purpose we have selected only articles focusing on sexually abused children treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. The results of the study reveal that all forms of abuse could bring consequences on children, even more, post-traumatic stress is the language with which the victims communicate their sorrow in the most typical mode. Sexual abuse as one of the major forms of abuse, is among the most severe which cause irreversible consequences over a category of children. In conclusion we can assume that post-traumatic stress in sexually abused children might appear through the most severe forms of psychiatric and psychological symptoms and for the recovery and rehabilitation of the child in many cases the pharmacological treatment seems as the best choice for the child. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n3s1p455
Highlights
Sexsual abuse is widely known as one of the most severe forms of traumatic experiences (Foa, Hearst-Ikeda, Perry, 1995)
In realizing the research we centered in a review of articles and studies which relate to sexsual abuse. 40 articles were analyzied regarding post-traumatic stress,from which 17 articles focused primarly on sexsual abuse,7 of them were case studies and other articles elaborated on children sexsual abuse
Sexual abuse refering to literature sources (Chu, 1997, Beers & Debellis, 2002; Anda, 2002) are carried out mainly by males, there are many rare the cases of females involved in a sexual abuse with children
Summary
Sexsual abuse is widely known as one of the most severe forms of traumatic experiences (Foa, Hearst-Ikeda, Perry, 1995). For the nature of trauma it implies, it has a significant influence on the everyday life of the individual affected by this kind of experience. If we would refer to the literature there are many studies that focused their research just to sexual abuse and the consequences it cause. The focus of the current study regards children sexsual abuse, centering on the later life consequences to victims. Some authors refer to sexual abuse as one of those traumatic experiences with a capital "T", which lay out all defense mechanisms of the individual by creating a prelude for a deteriorating picture with significant psychiatric symptoms. If we would have to speak of trauma caused by sexual abuse, we must focus on two important aspects:
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