The effects of sexual abuse on female adolescent brain structures.
Melek Hande Bulut DemirRahime KayaÖzgün ÖzalayDamla Isman HaznedarogluYigit ErdoganOmer KitisTezan BildikAli Saffet GonulMehmet Çağdaş EkerPublished in: Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology (2023)
Children with SA history has structural abnormalities in threat detection, orientation and response circuit. SA victims with no psychiatric diagnosis have a high probability of psychiatric problems with a possible contribution of these aberrations. SA cases that do not have a diagnosis must not be overlooked as they may have structural changes in emotion related brain regions. Careful follow-up is needed for all of all SA cases.