Somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics of abused children in a psychiatric hospital

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1994 Spring;24(3):191-200. doi: 10.1007/BF02353196.

Abstract

A systematic review of medical records of one hundred consecutive admissions to a children's psychiatric inpatient unit was conducted to assess specific somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics that distinguish sexually abused children from other hospitalized children. Sexually abused children were characterized by: a lower performance IQ, higher incidence of parasomnia prior to admission, longer length of hospital stay, and comparatively small physical stature.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Body Constitution
  • Child
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / diagnosis*
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / epidemiology
  • Child Abuse, Sexual / psychology
  • Child, Hospitalized / psychology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / epidemiology
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric*
  • Humans
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Prevalence
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / epidemiology