Long-term effects of child sexual abuse - 1998

Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.

Acknowledging complexity in the impacts of sexual victimisation trauma

Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.

"Feeling heavy"

This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material

Measuring the value of unpaid household, caring and voluntary work of older Australians

This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.

The long-term effects of child sexual abuse

This paper reviews recent Australian and international research on the long-term effects of child sexual abuse

The changing role of grandparents

A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.

Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people?

A review of research on resilience, and how resilience is defined, measured and used in practice.

Child maltreatment, homelessness and youth offending

This article examines the role of homelessness in the link between child maltreatment and youth offending.

Web resources: Grandparents

This page contains selected web resources relating to grandparents.

Opinion: Grandparents raising grandchildren