Mental Dilemma of Victims of Child Sexual
Abuse
Government Law College, Ernakulam, India.
Volume III, Issue IV, 2020
A child is born innocent and is dependent to its family and the society. A child needs attention, care and treatment for its proper growth and development. If there is lack of care and attention, neglect of basic needs and existence of noxious surroundings, then it may cause and induce different types of abuses as well as insecurities to children. These types of insecurities will severely affect the children and their by lead to mental health issues to them. Both internal as well as external issues will affect them through mental stress, lack of confidence, feeling insecure etc. when a child has been sexually affected, the stakeholders and parents, with in the external as well as internal environmental will starts behaving in an indifferent manner that may induce a feeling in the mind of the child that, I have been affected with something and I am not the same person as before. This can be cured by proper restoration of affected children into society, by proper participation of all the stake holders. But it has to be ensured that, the stake holders are contributing for the proper reintegration and restoration of child victims of sexual abuse.