Prevalence and psychological sequelae of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse in a general population sample of men and women.

@article{Briere2003PrevalenceAP,
  title={Prevalence and psychological sequelae of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse in a general population sample of men and women.},
  author={John Briere and Diana M. Elliott},
  journal={Child abuse \& neglect},
  year={2003},
  volume={27 10},
  pages={
          1205-22
        }
}
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