As part of the argument whether adult symptoms truly reflect childhood traumas (especially sexual abuse), the symptoms of child survivors of the Holocaust (whose traumas were documented) were compared with symptoms of adults who claimed sexual abuses in their childhoods. The symptoms in the two groups were very similar; so were the responses by society to them. The study contributes to the veracity of childhood sexual abuse claims. The symptoms of the two groups incidentally point out the inefficacy of PTSD to describe complex and pervasive post-traumatic symptoms.
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Publication Author: Paul Valent Publication Date: 1995 Categories: Child survivors of the Holocaust, Comparison with other traumas, Sexual abuse