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Lessons learned from child sexual abuse research: prevalence, outcomes, and preventive strategies

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International
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protective behaviours
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This article aims to heighten awareness of mental health professional on the widespread social problem of child sexual abuse. The focus is on prevalence, mental health outcomes, and preventative strategies.

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Responding to children and young people's disclosures of abuse

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International
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Practice brief addressing children's and young people's disclosure of abuse. It offers suggestions to parents, family members, friends, professionals or others to help respond to children and young people at the time of disclosure and in the longer term.

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Sexting and young people (2015)

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Australia
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47% of young people have engaged in sending and receiving sexually suggestive pictures (sexting). Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council.

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Sexual assault recorded crimes - Australia, 2017

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Australia
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Statistics of the prevalence of sexual assault in Australia in 2017.