Psychotic Symptoms 10 Years After a Single Episode of Childhood Sexual Abuse

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Sir: Can a single episode of sexual abuse in childhood causepsychiatric problems at a later point in life? Childhood sexualabuse is one of the major risk factors for psychiatricconditionsand for numerous physical symptoms in adolescence and adulthood.¹ In most cases, symptoms occur within the first severalmonths after childhood sexual abuse and last for a long time.²