Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Rape

 
 
 
 
"Treatment for survivors of rape: Issues and interventions" by Hensley (2002). This article was chosen since it is particularly relevant to clinical practice and treatment. The author pointed out that there are specific issues involved in treatment of trauma. The particular trauma focused on in this article was rape. Treatment of rape is important since there are so many women who experience this violence in their lifetime and it results in severe symptoms that disrupt normal functioning. Hensley noted that rape victims tend to be women although some men are raped; one in six women compared to one in 33 men are raped. Rape victims suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with intrusion, avoidance, and/or hyperarousal symptoms. Thus, issues involved in the treatment of the rape trauma is an important topic to explore. The author concluded that it is important to study this problem to provide information for counselors o


     
 
 
 
    

 

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