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Performance indicators and child sexual abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. E. Wressell ,
C. A. Kaplan  and
I. Kolvin
S. E. Wressell
Affiliation:
Fleming Nuffield Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE
C. A. Kaplan
Affiliation:
Fleming Nuffield Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE
I. Kolvin
Affiliation:
Fleming Nuffield Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE
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Child sexual abuse has appeared as an epidemic of the 1980s. In our child psychiatry department we are acutely aware of the increased workload generated by referrals of complex and time-consuming cases. In this article we aim to look at the resource implications for a child psychiatry department which has teaching and regional commitments, as well as serving a district health authority.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 11 , November 1989 , pp. 599 - 601
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

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