ABSTRACT
A intervenção psicológica com vítimas de estupro é essencial para a reorganização psíquica da mulher. Este estudo objetivou analisar, por meio da experiência profissional de psicólogas, as especificidades do processo de intervenção terapêutica em mulheres vítimas de estupro. Foram realizadas entrevistas semidirigidas com cinco psicólogas que atuam em serviços públicos de saúde - hospitais e em Centros de Referência a vítimas de violência sexual - na cidade de São Paulo. Os resultados foram analisados por meio de análise de conteúdo. As vítimas ingressam no atendimento com vivências intensas de angústia, sentimentos de tristeza, vergonha, medo e culpa. Algumas profissionais fazem uso de procedimentos específicos como hipnose, inventários e técnicas projetivas. De modo geral, o trabalho psicoterápico, focal ou não, visa criar condições para que as vítimas superem o evento traumático e retomem sua rotina
Psychological intervention in rape victim is essential to woman's health and reorganization. This study aimed to analyze the specificity of the therapeutic intervention process in female rape victims through psychologists' professional experience. Semi-structured interviews have been carried out by five psychologists who work in the health service - hospitals and centers for attention to women victims of sexual violence - in the city of São Paulo. Results were analyzed through content analysis. Victims come to the health service with anguish, sadness, shame, fear, and guilt. Some professionals use specific procedures as hypnosis, inventories, and projective techniques. Altogether, the therapeutic work, being focal or not, aims to create conditions so that the victims can overcome the traumatic event and resume their lives routine
La intervención psicológica con víctimas de estupro es fundamental para la reorganización psíquica de la mujer. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar, por medio de la experiencia profesional de psicólogas, las especificidades del proceso de intervención terapéutica en mujeres víctimas de estupro. Se realizaron entrevistas semi-dirigidas con cinco psicólogas que actúan en servicios públicos de salud - hospitales y en Centros Especializados para víctimas de violencia sexual - de la ciudad de São Paulo. Los resultados se analizaron mediante el análisis de contenido. Las víctimas empiezan el atendimiento con vivencias fuertes de angustia, sentimientos de tristeza, vergüenza, miedo y culpa. Algunas profesionales hacen uso de procedimientos específicos como hipnosis, inventarios y técnicas proyectivas. De manera general, el trabajo psicoterápico, focal o no, visa crear condiciones para que las víctimas superen el evento traumático y retomen sus rutinas de vida
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Humans , Battered Women/psychology , Mental Health , Psychology, Clinical , Sex Offenses , Violence Against WomenABSTRACT
Antecedentes: La agresión sexual es un evento traumático y doloroso que afecta de manera transversal, a las víctimas de ambos sexos, de todos los niveles socioeconómicos con graves consecuencias para la salud física, psicológica y social para quienes la sufren. Objetivo: Determinar las características de las agresiones sexuales y sus consecuencias en adolescentes consultantes en un centro de atención en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva. Método: Estudio analítico de corte transversal de 573 adolescentes atendidas en un centro de medicina reproductiva (CEMERA) en el período 2003-2010 y que reportaron antecedente de abuso sexual. Se estudiaron tanto las características como las consecuencias del abuso, datos que se obtuvieron desde las fichas clínicas. Resultados: En el 86,5 por ciento de los casos se reportó abuso sexual y en un 13,5 por ciento violación. El 48,5 por ciento de los agresores son familiares. La edad más vulnerable fue entre 5-9 años con un 41,2 porciento. En el 39,2 por ciento el abuso sexual fue reiterado. En un 43,4 por ciento el lugar fue el propio hogar de la víctima. Un 70 por ciento reveló y de estos el 45,9 por ciento lo hizo en forma tardía. Sólo en un 19 por ciento se hizo la denuncia legal. De las adolescentes que iniciaron actividad sexual voluntaria (83,3 por ciento), un 35,4 por ciento tenía menos de 15 años. Un 11,8 por ciento reportó 3 y más parejas sexuales. Conclusión: El antecedente de abuso sexual debe ser considerado en la atención de adolescentes que consultan por salud sexual y reproductiva. El equipo de salud debe estar preparado para atender sus múltiples necesidades.
Background: Sexual assault is a traumatic and painful event, which affects victims of both genders, across all socioeconomic levels, with serious consequences for physical, psychological, and social health. Objective: Determine the characteristics of sexual assault and its consequences in adolescents at a sexual and reproductive health center. Method: Analytic and cross-sectional study of 573 adolescents seen at a reproductive medicine center (CEMERA) in the period 2003-2010 and who reported history of sexual abuse. Patient's clinical records were reviewed to study the characteristics as well as the consequences of sexual abuse. Results: The abuse was reported as sexual abuse in 86.5 percent of the cases and as rape in 13.5 percent. In 48.5 percent of the cases, the aggressors were relatives of the victims. The most vulnerable group is between 5-9 of age, representing 41.2 percent of the cases. For 39.2 percent of the cases, the sexual abuse was reiterative, and in 43.4 percent, the abuse took place on the victim's home. 70 percent of the victims told someone about the abuse; 45.9 percent of those revealed their abuse in a delay manner. Only 19 percent of victims filed a legal complaint. Of the adolescents who started voluntary sexual activity (83.3 percent) a 35.4 percent was under de age of 15, and 11,8 percent reported having 3 or more sexual partners. Conclusion: A history of sexual abuse must be considered in the attention of adolescents who consult for reproductive and sexual health. The health team must be prepared to address their multiple needs.
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Humans , Adolescent , Female , Child , Sex Offenses/statistics & numerical data , Reproductive Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Analysis of Variance , Child Abuse, Sexual/statistics & numerical data , Chile , Cross-Sectional Studies , Risk-Taking , Sex Offenses , Adolescent Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Rape/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
This study was based on the cases of alleged male and female victims and accused of sex crimes reporting to Gauhati Medical College mainly from the Kamrup districts and other nearby areas. The city of Guwahati is facing rise in crime incidences and the sex crime cases. The cases reported varied: abduction and kidnapping, rape, immoral trafficking, prostitution, unnatural sexual offences, child molestation, outraging the modesty of a woman, allegation of a man masturbating on a victim girl etc. The burden of such crimes on the society is huge. Many victims suffer from psychiatric problems as a result of sexual assault. The venereal diseases are another horrible consequence along with unwanted pregnancies. Moreover, many of these crimes are never reported. Sexual assaults on male are also under reported. The need for a new law on sexual assault is felt as the present law does not define and reflect the various kinds of sexual assault that women and children are subjected to in our country. This study tried to analyze the present scenario in relation to the age groups, occupation, relationship of the victims and accused and physical findings
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Age Groups , Child , Crime Victims , Female , Humans , India , Male , Sex Offenses/complications , Sex Offenses/epidemiology , Sex Offenses/statistics & numerical data , Sexual Behavior , Unsafe SexABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric patients report higher rates of interpersonal trauma, and they present with more symptoms and behavioral problems. However, less is known about other anxiety disorders, except for posttraumatic stress disorder. In this study, we investigated symptomatic correlates of interpersonal trauma (i.e., physical or sexual assaults) in patients with heterogeneous anxiety disorders. METHODS: We surveyed a consecutive sample of 90 outpatients with DSM-IV anxiety disorders (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, social phobia, anxiety disorder not otherwise specified) at the psychiatric department of a university-affiliated hospital. The questionnaire was comprised of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Impact of Events Scale-Revised. RESULTS: Patients with interpersonal trauma (n=51) demonstrated a significantly higher level of interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation, and obsessive-compulsive subscale of the SCL-90-R. However, logistic regression analysis suggested that interpersonal sensitivity alone was suggested as the best fitting model. CONCLUSION: Anxiety disorder patients with interpersonal trauma demonstrated difficulty in domains of interpersonal relationship. Clinicians treating this population should consider this finding for better engagement and management.
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Humans , Anxiety , Anxiety Disorders , Depression , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Logistic Models , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder , Outpatients , Phobic Disorders , Surveys and Questionnaires , Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticABSTRACT
Se ha considerado al interrogatorio médico forense en casos de delitos sexuales en niños como revictimizante. La historia médico legal en delitos sexuales recoge la información necesaria para orientar el examen físico y para la recolección de evidencias en la víctima y en su contexto. Existen técnicas médico forenses para interrogar al niño con el afán de evitar la revictimización, entendida esta como el sufrimiento que experimentan las víctimas al promoverse una actualización del evento traumático. La historia médico legal persigue objetivos diferentes al resto de los interrogatorios dentro del proceso judicial y sigue las pautas del arte y ciencia de la medicina y bien implementadas no produce la revictimización del paciente.
The Forensic Medical interrogation has been considered as revictimizing in cases about Sexual Assaults on Children. The Medical Legal History in Sexual Assaults meets the necessary information to guide the two main procedures: the physical examination and the gathering of evidence on the victim as well as in its context. There are forensic techniques to avoid revictimization on children during interrogation, understanding the revictimization as the suffering the victim experiences, when remembering a traumatic event during the Medical Legal Examination. The medical-legal history pursues goals that are different from those of other interrogation procedures within the judicial process, and when following the guidelines of the art and science of medicine, it well established, do not produce revictimization of the patient.