Web resource:	https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/mothers-history-childhood-sexual-abuse
Type:	Generic
Title:	Mothers with a history of childhood sexual abuse: Key issues for child protection practice and policy (ACSSA Research Summary No. 2). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies
Authors:	Tarczon, C
Year:	2012
Notes:	?Research highlights that a maternal history of childhood sexual abuse often underpins many of the complex issues that lead to compromised parenting capacities.?The complex interplay of these issues in known as complex trauma, and is understood to have an impact on the capacity to provide empathic and consistent care, which inevitably impairs the mother-child relationship.?Victim/survivors of childhood sexual abuse who become shared clients of child statutory agencies and allied health service providers are often difficult to engage in services due to issues of trust and safety. ?By expanding our understanding of the indirect effects of childhood sexual abuse in areas such as mental health, intimate partner violence, substance abuse and homelessness, we can become more informed of the stressors that affect some women's parenting capacities and create service responses that enhance their own lives and the lives of their children.
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