Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. When force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester. The term also covers any behavior by an adult or older adolescent towards a child to stimulate any of the involved sexually. The use of a child, or other individuals younger than the age of consent, for sexual stimulation is referred to as child sexual abuse or statutory rape. Live streaming sexual abuse involves trafficking and coerced sexual acts and or rape in real time on webcam.

Types of Sexual Abuse

• Rape: Forced sexual contact with someone who does not or cannot consent. Forcing sex upon someone who does not want it, who is intoxicated, or who is not legally old enough to give consent all count as rape. Date rape is sexual assualt that occurs between people with an established relationship. A handful of states limit their definition of rape to forcible sexual intercourse. Yet any form of forcible sexual contact can have long-lasting effects on a person. Most states now recognize forced oral sex and similar forms of assault as rape.
• Child molestation: Child molestation is any sexual contact with a child. Many children who are molested are too young to know what is happening and may not fight back. Some abusers use the child's cooperation in these cases as "evidence" that no one was harmed. Examples of child molestation might include fondling or demanding sexual favors from a child.
• Incest: Incest describes sexual contact between family members who are too closely related to marry. While incestuous sexual activity may occur between consenting adults, this is not common. Most reported incest occurs as child abuse. Over a third of American sexual assault survivors under the age of 18 are abused by a family member, according to latest statistics. However, incest is an underreported crime, so the actual number of incest survivors may be higher.
• Non-consensual sexual contact: This category includes any unwanted sexual touching, such as groping or pinching. Attempted rape can also fall into this category.
• Non-contact sexual abuse: Not all sexual abuse fits neatly into common legal or psychological definitions. For instance, parents who have sex in front of their children or who make sexually inappropriate comments to their children are engaging in sexual abuse. So-called revenge pornography sites, which publish nude photos of people without their consent, are another form of sexual abuse.

Sexual abuse can lead to Different kinds of injuries  
Click to see more about each one.
DEATH, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL 

Links about the mental health effects from sexual abuse

• ​The Mental Health Effects of Sexual Assault and Abuse (goodtherapy.org)
• Sexual Abuse and Lifetime Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (nih.gov)
•  Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) on Mental Health (gravity-network.org)
•  Physical and sexual abuse and associated mental disorders among alcoholic inpatients - PubMed (nih.gov)
•  Mental illness and sexual abuse: the shocking link | Science | The Guardian
•  The Lasting Mental Health Impacts of Childhood Sexual Trauma | Amen Clinics
•  Are sexual abuse victims being diagnosed with a mental disorder they don't have? | Women | The Guardian
•  How Childhood Sexual Abuse Causes Physical And Mental Health Problems In Adults (lookingforthelight.blog)
•  Study explains why some childhood abuse victims develop certain mental illnesses (medicalxpress.com)
•  The long-term effects of child sexual abuse | Child Family Community Australia (aifs.gov.au)
• The Lasting Mental Health Impacts of Childhood Sexual Trauma | Amen Clinics
  
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Types of Injury Articles
​Psychological injury of sexually abused child
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1132055915000083
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Articles about children who were killed or injured:
Child Death
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2016/03/28/suspect-charged-rape-murder-1-year-olds-death/82336526
Most Grievous Cases of child abuse on record
https://survivorsjustice.com/2016/02/05/most-grievous-cases-of-child-abuse-on-record