2 Furthermore, several other recent studies from the UK and US documented a highly significant association between CSA and many psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disorders, and suicidal attempts. 3 – 5 Research about child abuse in general and CSA specifically is very scarce in the Arab region.
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Despite some of the variations from one year to another, over the last ten years there has been a clear trend of increase in the number of cases from 31 per year in 2000 to 77 in 2009.