PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Operational Definition, Sexual Dysfunction, Beck Depression Inventory
20 Jun 2012
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Chapter 11 the trauma of sexual assault. Aggravated sexual assaults a weapon/those that cause bodily harm: more severe sentence than other sas. @ trial sexual assault complainant is called a witness. Syndrome- set of symptoms that occur together and may be considered to imply a disorder/disease: not all symptoms have to exist in every subject. Rts- collection of responses reported by ppl subjected to rape/other sexual abuse. No all rape survivors suffer from same severity of symptoms. Rts has 2 phases: acute crisis phase. Reactions that last for days/weeks, quite severe. Affect all aspects of survivors life, including phys/psych/social/sexual: long term reactions phase. Is reconstructive, includes survivor coming to terms with their reactions/attempting to deal with the hurt/sadness in an effective way. Great disorganization in survivors life: often they describe it as state of shock. If raped in own beds, affected by insomnia.
