What is sexual abuse?

Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.

How do members experience sexual abuse?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with sexual abuse*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for sexual abuse*

Who has sexual abuse on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 21
20s 69
30s 104
40s 145
50s 160
60s 131
70+ 31

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 91
Female 557

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What is sexual abuse?

Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.



Common symptoms reported by people with sexual abuse

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for sexual abuse

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Compare treatments taken by people with sexual abuse

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have sexual abuse through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with sexual abuse? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has sexual abuse on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 6 new patients joined this month
  • 157 say sexual abuse is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 21
20s 69
30s 104
40s 145
50s 160
60s 131
70+ 31

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 91
Female 557

These charts show data from sexual abuse patients who have completed their condition history
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