Sexual assaultMuch of the debate on content warnings has occurred with little empirical data to inform it. In the past 5years, this has started to change, and in this most recent study, 185 students completed trauma surveys and a PTSD Checklist and then read a passage that detailed a ...
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Of the seemingly infinite sources of trauma, sexual assault is the most likely to induce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (e.g., Kessler, 2000, Ozer et al., 2003), a form of mental illness characterized by abnormal responses of fear, helplessness and horror during the traumatic event,...
One cannot know whether Stella was a virgin before being violated by Juma, but nothing in the play suggests she had broken her church pledge to abstain from sex. If she had been abstinent, her rape would have been even more mournful, painful and traumatising. Irene Mungai, acting...
They mailed questionnaires to 419 women who had visited a San Diego Veterans Administration primary care clinic in 1998 and received 221 responses, a 56% return rate. They found that a history of sexual assault was associated with increased substance use, risky sexual behaviors, less vigorous ...
ELLE delves into the lives of four women whose sex lives drastically changed or altered after a traumatic event. Second in the series is Charlie who, after being attacked at 11-years-old, spent almost a decade detached from sexual pleasure.
Compared to female rape victims, the literature addressing male rape victims remains a growing area of interest for counselors and scholars. This article aims to review the growing literature on male sexual assault victims. Specifically, the review will
assaultive behavior. Similarly, an experience with an adult may seem merely a curious and pointless game, or it may be a hideous trauma leaving lifelong psychic scars. In many cases the reaction of parents and society determines the child’s interpretation of the event. What would have been ...
“Tonic immobility” hinders the ability to fight and is linked to high rates of depression and PTSD
Journaling and Poetry Session for Sexual Assault Survivors Fri, Mar 14 • 5:30 AM GMT+8 + 8 more Free Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S. New Dawn Trauma Healing Group Tue, Jan 21 • 7:30 AM GMT+8 + 3 more From $0.00 Restoring The Remnant...