The impact of child sexual abuse on addiction severity: an analysis of trauma processing.
The Information of Processing Trauma Model provides a framework for understanding the dynamics and responses of childhood sexual abuse. Chemical dependency plays a role in both the cause and effect of childhood sexual abuse. Survivors of childhood sexual abuse with chemical dependency require treatment of both disorders. This treatment should emphasize the key role of the encapsulation phase in symptom formation and recovery.
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Division of Nursing, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-6156, USA.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*