Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Sexual assault and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) | NLM

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Specific Populations and Trauma Types: Sexual assault and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Phoenix Australia - Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health. Published: 3/2019. This five-page information sheet addresses background issues and provides post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presentation, assessment, and treatment recommendations for practitioners working with survivors of sexual assault. It discusses common presenting problems in survivors of adult sexual assault and in adult survivors of childhood sexual assault, and how to work with children and young adults with PTSD from sexual assault. (PDF)