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Sexual abuse in psychiatric hospitals: developing policies to aid prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Fiona Subotsky
Fiona Subotsky*
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King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS
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Over the last few years, there has been a considerable increase in public awareness of the sexual abuse of children and the incidence of violence, often with sexual aspects, to women in their homes and elsewhere. Questions about such occurrences are now frequently asked as part of the psychiatric assessment of women patients (Palmer et al, 1992). However, only comparatively recently has the issue of sexual assault within psychiatric provision begun to be raised (Gath, 1989; Subotsky, 1991; Tonks, 1992).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 274 - 276
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