Re: suspected risk behaviors for child sexual abuse

[John M Price PhD <jmprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, becky coleman wrote:

> withdrawals, bedwetting, and behavior management issues are all evident.

And these are excellent examples of the things that Mark Chaffin
discussed.  They also are indications of many things other than sexual
abuse, and going down the track of assuming sexual abuse will 1) cause
harm in and of itself as well as 2) delay treatment for the actual source
of the problem behavior.

Besides that, I don't know of any kid who has bypassed 'behavior
management issues' while growing up.  Such a generalization is of little
help.

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