title: Lessons learned from child sexual abuse research: prevalence, outcomes, and preventive strategies.
abstract: Although child sexual abuse (CSA) is recognized as a serious violation of human well-being and of the law, no community has yet developed mechanisms that ensure that none of their youth will be sexually abused. CSA is, sadly, an international problem of great magnitude that can affect children of all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic classes. Upon invitation, this current publication aims at providing a brief overview of a few lessons we have learned from CSA scholarly research as to heighten awareness of mental health professionals on this utmost important and widespread social problem. This overview will focus on the prevalence of CSA, the associated mental health outcomes, and the preventive strategies to prevent CSA from happening in the first place.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, McGill University, 3506 University Street, room 321A, Montreal (QC), Canada H3A 2A7. delphine.collin-vezina@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collin-Vézina
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daigneault
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hébert