A comparison is made of symptoms of child survivors of the Holocaust (whose traumas and consequences have been documented over 60 years), with the symptoms of sexually abused children whose initial traumas are usually undocumented. The two groups manifested very similar dysfunctions over similar periods. This adds weight to the validity to the claims of the sexually abused group. They are not mad or bad or brainwashed.
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Paul Valent
MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP
Consultant liaison psychiatrist, psychotherapist, traumatologist,
Co-founder and past president Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Writer.