Investment in research and treatment is needed if the epidemic of child abuse is to be stemmed

Nearly 6,000 people gave details of their experiences of childhood abuse to the inquiry, not only sexual but physical and emotional.

IICSA recommends recommends that specialist therapeutic support should be made available to all those who have experienced abuse as children.
File photo by PA/Alamy

A government inquiry has laid bare the devastating life-long impact of child abuse. Is it now time to invest more resources into its treatment and prevention?

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