"Protect Our Children - Sexual Abuse, The Law, & Justice" - Diana Williams
Child sexual abuse is a silent epidemic, propped up by denial and outdated laws. Offenders are generally known to the children they victimize, children who are most vulnerable between the ages of seven and 13. Angela Diaz, Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center said, “In order to be able to overcome the trauma and pain of what is happening to them, they often dissociate with what is happening like they are looking down at what is happening to them. “At the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, we work closely with the FBI and Homeland Security and provide services for those young people. The services are free so you don’t have to have health insurance. 86 percent of victims have had suicidal thoughts,” Dr. Diaz added.
- Angela Diaz, MD, Jean C. & James W. Crystal Professor, Adolescent Health, Professor, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
