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Sexual Assault Survivors' Experiences with Mental Health Professionals: A Qualitative Study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Trauma-informed healthcare from the perspectives of women who have experienced sexual violence in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- "Okay, So It's Not Me"-TheInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Sexual Assault Survivors' Individual and Group Therapy Experiences at Rape Crisis Center.Women & therapy · 2025Article
- Women's Experiences Accessing Mental Health Care in Australia After Sexual Violence in Adulthood.Violence against women · 2024Article
- Aspects of Selective Sexual Assault Disclosure: Qualitative Interviews With Survivors and Their Informal Supports.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- African American Sexual Assault Survivors and Mental Health Help-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Study.Violence against women · 2020Article
- Making encounters count: Healthcare professionals' experiences of providing care in Norwegian sexual assault centres.Women's health (London, England)Article
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- Relationships Between Trauma Exposure, PTSD, and Formal Help-Seeking in African American and Latina Women Sexual Assault Survivors.Aggression and violent behaviorArticle
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Abstract
An interview study of 15 sexual assault survivors' narratives examined positive and negative post-assault experiences with mental health professionals. Survivors who told one professional had more positive experiences than those who told multiple professionals. Qualitative analyses revealed how help seeking experiences were related to the context and nature of disclosures, survivors' readiness to disclose, trust building, social reactions received from providers, type of therapy, perceived control over recovery, and mental health system factors impacting access and quality of care. Themes from survivor's accounts illustrate how survivors perceived therapists, which can be used in training mental health professionals encountering survivors in clinical settings.
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