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Somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics of abused children in a psychiatric hospital

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A systematic review of medical records of one hundred consecutive admissions to a children's psychiatric inpatient unit was conducted to assess specific somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics that distinguish sexually abused children from other hospitalized children. Sexually abused children were characterized by: a lower performance IQ, higher incidence of parasomnia prior to admission, longer length of hospital stay, and comparatively small physical stature.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Avi Sadeh DSc

  2. E.P. Bradley Hospital, Brown University, USA

    Robert M. Hayden PhD, James P. D. McGuire MD, Henry Sachs MD & Roberta Civita

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Sadeh, A., Hayden, R.M., McGuire, J.P.D. et al. Somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics of abused children in a psychiatric hospital. Child Psych Hum Dev 24, 191–200 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353196

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