Background: Despite knowledge about the extensive and often long-lasting consequences
of sexual assault, many survivors remain underserved by formal support systems (eg …

Only a minority of adolescent/adult survivors seek formal assistance following sexual
victimization, and as such may not receive adequate care. The current paper is a systematic …

Background Prior findings suggest that psychopathology following interpersonal trauma or
assaultive violence may present differently from prototypical posttraumatic stress disorder …

Little research has focused on African American women's sexual assault victimization and
mental health seeking. A mixed methods study was conducted to explore African American …

Violence victimization is prevalent in the US and is linked to costly mental health outcomes,
including dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Black Americans are at …

Although jurisdictions have attempted to improve their response procedures, sexual assault
cases are often insufficiently investigated. This study examines the survey responses of 460 …

Abstract Background Approximately, 100,000 US women receive emergency care after
sexual assault each year, but no large‐scale study has examined the incidence of …

Sexual assault increases the risk for psychopathology. Despite the availability of effective
interventions, relatively few victims who need treatment receive care in the months following …

Despite calls recognizing the need for culturally sensitive responses to minimize the
occurrence of secondary victimization for African American women following an experience …

Objective To review the research findings for mental and physical health outcomes and
health behaviors of African American women and adolescents after sexual assault. Data …