Childhood sexual abuse, as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 1996), includes the use of persuasion, inducement and other inducements to coerce a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct or simulated sexual acts. Survivors of sexual abuse often have a lifelong legacy of both psychological and physical problems. Much work has been published over the past 20 years on the long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse. Survivors cannot be stereotyped. Some transcend experience and become strong advocates for societal change (Steed, 1995). Others adopt risky lifestyles such as prostitution, promiscuity and drug addiction. Recovery is possible (Steed 1995; Wilson, 2009). Transcendence through experience involves revealing the secret and being supported. The therapeutic process involves opening up and remembering the truth, understanding the imprint of sexual trauma, and discovering the meaning of the experience (Parse, 1998; Steed, 1995). There is a high incidence of long-term psychological problems among childhood survivors. sexual abuse. George (1996) found that adults who had been victims of childhood sexual abuse were twice as likely to suffer from mental health problems as their counterparts who had not been victims. Zlotnick, Mattia, Zimmerman (2001) found that patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse are at higher risk for psychiatric morbidity and prolonged depression. The study was conducted among 235 patients in an outpatient psychiatric facility, aged 18 to 65 years, with an average age of 47.4 years. A history of sexual abuse increases the risk of eating disorders. Higher rates of eating disorders are seen...... middle of article...... child or adult abuse had worse health outcomes than women who did not 'were not maltreated, but the contribution of co-occurring disorders to child and adult maltreatment could not be examined. Women who experienced both child maltreatment and spousal violence as adults and women who experienced spousal violence as adults only were more likely to report chronic physical symptoms than women who had not suffered any violence. ConclusionI believe it is very important that psychologists and psychiatrists begin to study long-term therapy for depression in children, as opposed to short-term intermittent therapies which may prove less effective than those with a more effective effect. longitudinal. In my opinion, I was very interested in studies relating to the health consequences of childhood sexual abuse and how they were affected by each disorder.