REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE ON MEDICAL OUTCOMES

This review article provides a critical review of studies assessing the effects of the health of infants, children abused. During the last decades, a large amount of studies and literature reviews on the consequences of child sexual abuse has been appeared. Child abuse and neglect, is the extent to which society is not well known, most of the times that are hidden, many more victims does not mention in a public health problem. World Health Organization, children's health, adversely affects the physical or psychosocial development, an adult, knowingly or unknowingly, in the community or by the government accepts all the same behavior as child abuse. Abused and neglected child reaches very few therapeutic institutions. Generally, the cases remain hidden in the family. If the situation was brought in the emergency department is often heavy, life-threatening complications. Key Words: Sexual abuse, child abuse, prevention, depression, sexualized behavior