Sexual Abuse Complications
Complications of a sexual assault include:
- Chronic anxiety:
- Feelings of guilt
- Phobias
- Chronic depression
- Suicide attempts
- High-risk sexual behavior:
- Multiple sexual partners
- Practicing unsafe sex
- Poor relationships:
- Divorce
- Drug abuse
- Smoking
- Alcohol abuse
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pregnancy
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Sexually transmitted disease, such as:
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2011 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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