Long-term healthcare utilisation following child sex abuse: A follow-up study utilising five years of medical data.

Background: Limited attention has been paid to the long-term physical health consequences experienced by CSA survivors. Research has found that CSA is often associated with increased health burden in adulthood. However, research in this area is plagued by a range of methodological difficulties, rendering it difficult to draw conclusions regarding the health status of CSA survivors.

A follow-up study of mental health service utilisation in a cohort of 2433 sexually abused Australian children utilising five years of medical data.

Background And Objectives: There are well established links between child sex abuse (CSA) and a range of mental health adversities in the literature. However, there has been very limited examination of mental health care needs of CSA survivors, indicated by contacts with mental health professionals. Similarly, no existing research has examined rates of prescription of psychopharmacology to CSA survivors.