Treating Child Sexual Abuse in Rural Communities

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Author(s): Leah Genieve Kenyon-George (Fielding Graduate University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title: Identifying, Treating, and Preventing Childhood Trauma in Rural Communities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Marion Baker (Center of Hope Arizona, USA), Jacqueline Ford (Center of Hope Arizona, USA & Walden University, USA), Brittany Canfield (Center of Hope Arizona, USA & Fielding Graduate University, USA)and Traci Grabb (Arizona’s Children Association, USA & Center of Hope Arizona, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0228-9.ch005

Keywords: Human Behavior & Psychology / Information Science Reference / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The focus of this chapter will be to discuss the treatment of child sexual abuse in a rural setting. Children in rural communities who have experienced such traumas are entitled to the same access and quality of services available in urban centres. Although the rates of trauma are similar in urban and rural settings, rural centres often lack adequate mental health services for children and families. According to Jones and colleagues (2014), each year in the United States approximately 22% of children between the ages of two and seventeen experience trauma. As we know, the impacts of trauma on the developing brain are significant, as are the negative outcomes on affective, behavioral and cognitive functioning (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006). Mental health service providers face unique challenges in terms of practicing in rural or remote communities. Multiple barriers exist to practice in these communities, including lack of resources, lack of specialist knowledge, and the training and supervision of professionals, to name a few.

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