31. The study also challenges the idea that gang members are more likely to come from dysfunctional families and experience more childhood abuse than youths who are not in gangs. 32. They listed a catalog of misfortunes suffered by Harris, including what they said was childhood abuse by his alcoholic mother that sometimes involved beatings with an extension cord. 33. Those feelings were galvanized when two friends in adult life shared long-kept secrets of childhood abuse. 34. Williams and others agree that some therapists ask leading questions about childhood abuse and are not well informed about the fallibility and suggestibility of human memory. 35. Other studies suggest a third or more of all childhood sexual abuse, including forcible rape, may be forgotten years later. 36. A federal appeals court said Wednesday that the alleged childhood abuse of a man convicted of threatening President Clinton should have been considered during his sentencing. 37. Norma Hotaling, also a victim of childhood sexual abuse, said she earned a college degree, but got depressed, took drugs and turned to prostitution. 38. The sight brought back memories of childhood sexual abuse, the defense said. 39. Those who manage to thrive, despite childhood abuse, often benefit from the support of family, Bloch said. 40. She reported flashbacks of childhood sexual abuse while being treated for eating disorders and depression four years ago. |