4 mood, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders among women and five such disorders among men. In a sub-sample of respondents reporting no other adversities, the odds of depression and substance problems associated with childhood sexual abuse were higher. Among women, rape (versus molestation), knowing the perpetrator (versus strangers), and the chronicity of abuse (versus isolated incidents) were associated with higher odds of some disorders. These researchers concluded that while childhood sexual abuse usually occurs as part of a large syndrome of childhood adversities, whether it occurs alone or in a large adversity cluster, it is usually associated with substantial increased risk of subsequent psychopathology.
Depression is one of the more common psychological disorders associated with childhood sexual abuse in both males a
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