PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Burton, Karen
AU  - Myers, Wade C.
TI  - Child Sexual Abuse and Forensic Psychiatry: Evolving and Controversial Issues
DP  - 1992 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 439--453
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/4/439.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/4/439.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1992 Dec 01; 20
AB  - Child sexual abuse has received growing attention in recent years, and the topic continues to spark controversy among mental health and legal professionals as well as in the popular media. This paper will review the concept of child sexual abuse, cover relevant definitions, address the clinician's role, and then will address the principal evolving and controversial areas. These areas include psychic damages, false allegations, improper investigatory techniques, use of anatomical dolls, admissibility of expert testimony, hearsay testimony, and the competency of minors to testify.