Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Sexual Child Abuse

Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Child Abuse, Sexual
  • Child Molestation
  • Child Molestation, Sexual
  • Molestation, Sexual, Child
  • Sexual Abuse of Child
  • Sexual Abuse, Child
  • Abuse, Child Sexual
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Molestation, Child
  • Sexual Child Molestation

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Aspects Covered

14 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, diagnosis, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, statistics & numerical data, therapy, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

check also tag CHILD or specific; for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, check both tags CHILD or specific + relevant adult age

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History Note

87

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Previous Indexing

  • Child Abuse (1966-1986)
  • Sex Offenses (1968-1986)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.198w.240w.748w.300w
  2. I01w.198w.240w.856w.350w.250w.255w
  3. I01w.880w.735w.900w.350w.250w.255w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sexual Child Abuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002650. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002650
  2. Sexual Child Abuse. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse
  3. Sexual Child Abuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26553