A importância da avaliação psicológica no abuso sexual de crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of psychological evaluation in the context of sexual abuse of children and adolescents. This type of evaluation enables the initial approximation between the health professional and the minor victim, generating the necessary therapeutic base for the protection of the legal right violated. To do so, initially, it addresses the legal protection brought in the constitutional and legal disciplines. It then analyzes the importance of psychological assessment in cases of sexual violence involving minors, either as an instrument of judicial expertise or as a means of recovering the victim. Finally, it addresses the importance of interdisciplinarity between law and health areas as a way of guaranteeing the integral protection of children and adolescents; as well as discusses the need to use psychological counseling both before and after the judicial phase, creating the system of continued protection of sexual dignity.