A Literature Review of Prevention and Treatments on Child Sexual Abuse

Abstract

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) as a complex and cross-cultural danger to young kids has existed for long. CSA can result in long-term mental health issues, such as eating disorders and depression, lasted until victims' adolescence and adulthood. Inappropriate sexual behaviors and CSA-involved post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can also be caused with a high possibility. To help potential victims to prevent CSA efficiently and offer resultful interventions to CSA victims, relevant therapies, prevention guidelines and polices have been developed. The main aim of this literature review is to reorganize these useful prevention methods into a comprehensive guideline for directing non-offending caregivers and potential and existed CSA victims. A total of 26 empirical studies were included into this literature. Three levels of group-based prevention caution for different care-giving populations are studied and detailed intervening steps and focused issued for each prevalent therapy are summarized in this review.