title: Sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities.
abstract: This paper reports a clinical study of reported or disclosed sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities. The findings support the results of a recent survey [V. Turk & H. Brown (1993) Sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities: results of a two-year incidence survey. Mental Handicap Research 6, 193-216] but some differences were found, particularly with regard to sex of the survivors. The study also illustrates more than previous studies a link between sexual abuse and sexualized and inappropriate sexual behaviour and other challenging behaviours in men with learning disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Barnsley Community and Priority Services N.H.S. Trust, South Yorkshire, England.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beail
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Warden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012725:Sexual Behavior