This book was meant to fill the void in Sri Lankan context regarding assessment of child abuse ,treatment and ethical management of the affected traumatized children.

This book is a brainchild of consultant  psychiatrists and consultant forensic pathologists which is a joint venture for the most needed and most affected children in Sri Lanka.

Book has a comprehensive assessment of childhood abuse addressing various aspects including,how the abuse was undertaken ,in which form it was instigated and how to assist the child without further traumatising. It looks into the psychology of the paedophile as well as long-term consequences of the abuse in a child.

The importance of this book was identified by the child protection authority of Sri Lanka thus the second edition was published by the child protection authority and is available free of charge for the interested individuals, clinicians ,trainees in psychiatry and forensic pathology from the child protection authority.

Two consultant psychiatrist from the College of psychiatrists Co-authored this book
Namely Dr SWARNA Wijethunga and Dr. H. A. Buddhi Jayasekar