Given the fact that child sexual abuse may affect more than one third of our population, our current resources and expertise are sorely inadequate to address the problem, especially among very young children. We are at a crossroads in this field. Public awareness and improved clinical techniques have done much to bring this issue to the forefront, but already there is a public backlash of disbelief, including accusations of hysteria and witch hunting. As in the days when Freud first uncovered and then discounted the existence of the problem, many professionals and society as a whole may be inclined to quickly push this problem back into its closet. Whether we prevent that from happening, and whether we improve our ability to respond to its presence, may largely be determined over the next few years.

Some improvements will come with increased education and training; some may come with increased funding and specialized programs; and some will only come with an increased willingness to r think traditional approaches and try new methods of intervention and treatment. Our legal systems have a large role to play in determining the outcomes of cases in the upcoming years. There is increasing interest at this time in legal reforms on behalf of child victims. How ever, the question of whether our cumbersome and tradition bound legal system can stretch and conform itself to the developmental and psychological needs of children remains to be seen. If not, then surely the youngest victims of this problem will continue to be either unprotected as a result of our disregard or re-traumatized as a result of our attention.

The crossroads we face is one of trust, as well as one of choice. We are asking children to trust us with their secrets and with their futures. All over the country, new programs are being instituted that encourage children to tell us if they are or have been sexually abused. Will their disclosures be met with sensitivity, support, and competent intervention that feels like help, or will they learn that it is not only individual adults they can't trust, but our protective, therapeutic, and legal systems as well?

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