Amy Barth was sexually abused as young girl by an older boy in the neighborhood. Her journey to healing inspired her to write a children’s book, “Annabelle’s Secret.” ( this is not an affiliate link) This book is a great resource for parents to engage their children on this topic.
Sexual Abuse
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Alexithymia, a clinical condition typified by a reported inability to identify or describe one’s emotions, is associated with various forms of psychopathology, including depression. Highly alexithymic (HA) outpatients are more likely to be female, less likely to have children and are characterized by more somatic-affective symptoms of depression and interpersonal aloofness. [continue reading…]
Middle-aged women who suffered physical or sexual abuse as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.Even decades after the abuse ended, these women used health services at significantly higher rates than did non-abused women, the research found.
What’s remarkable is that women with an average age in their late 40s still suffer consequences from abuse that occurred decades ago,” said Amy Bonomi, associate professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University, who led the study at Group Health in Seattle.
“No other study has found that before.” [continue reading…]
