PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andre P. Derdeyn
AU  - Anthony Poehailos
AU  - Eliot Seigle
TI  - Adequate Evaluation of Divorce-related Child Sexual Abuse Allegations
DP  - 1994 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 279--287
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/2/279.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/2/279.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1994 Jun 01; 22
AB  - 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.