TY - JOUR T1 - Adequate Evaluation of Divorce-related Child Sexual Abuse Allegations JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 279 LP - 287 VL - 22 IS - 2 AU - Andre P. Derdeyn AU - Anthony Poehailos AU - Eliot Seigle Y1 - 1994/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/22/2/279.abstract N2 - The accepted child protective service model for evaluation of sexual abuse is inadequate for divorce-related cases involving young children. Three cases illustrate that lack of contact with the alleged offender and lack of pursuit of alternative explanations for phenomena presented as indicative of sexual abuse predispose to “finding” abuse. It is suggested that such agencies engage experienced child and family clinicians to help with these cases. ER -