Psychotherapy for sexually abused girls: psychopathological outcome findings and patterns of change

Child abuse and child sexual abuse (CSA) are important risk factors for subsequent mental health problems. Although considerable efforts have been devoted to the identification and investigation of abuse, concern has been expressed about the limited treatment resources for dealing with its mental health consequences and the lack of knowledge as to which treatments are most effective,for whom they should be provided, and the symptoms or problems that are most likely to be influenced by treatment.