The Trauma of Sexual Assault : Treatment, Prevention and Practice

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Summary: The trauma of sexual assault
Review: Sexual assault or rape has been on the increase in many countries, or at least that is what we can find out if we look at the number of reported cases. In the United Kingdom in 1985 there were reported about 2,000 cases of rape offences against females, while in 1999 this number had increased to 8,000. This is maybe due to the fact that sexual assault is no longer a "hidden crime" ? It is interesting that both in American and British statistics the male as victim does not exist, but in this book the male as victim is also described.
This book, as part of the Wiley series in clinical psyvhology, is edited by Jenny Petrak, the Director of Clinical Psychology within the London NHS Trust and senior lecturer at the Royal London School of Medicine together with Barbara Hedge, Director of Clinical Training at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Nineteen multidisciplinary contributors from the UK, USA and New Zealand have made this an important text on the psychological impact of sexual assualt on both women and men.
In 14 chapters with illustrative case examples you will find information on the history of rape, epidemiology, various treatment strategies, prevention, coping, forensic issues and directions for future research.
This text will be a good reference for the professional coming in contact with victims of sexual assualt.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical director, Division for Mental Retardation, Box 1260, IL-91012 Jerusalem, Israel, email: [e-mail]

Shlomo Kessel, MA
Associate Director, Neve Michael Children's Village, IL- 37000 Pardes Hanna, Israel. E-mail: [e-mail]