Sexual Violence
The trauma of sexual violence can have significant impacts on a person’s health, including their sexual and mental health. This section includes resources that speak to these experiences from individuals, as well as tools for supporting folks who have experienced sexual violence.
TITLE | TYPE | TOPIC | YEAR | SOURCE |
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Sexual Assault Survivors Who are Mentally Ill Often Suffer in Silence | Articles | Sexual assault and mental health | 2018 | Hollie Smith (The Establishment) |
#MeToo: Why I Don't Want to Talk About it: When Sharing Becomes Self-Harm | First-person pieces | Sexual assault and self-harm | 2018 | E. Amato (The Body is Not an Apology) |
Why Aren't Trauma Survivors Warned That Parenthood May be a PTSD Trigger? | First-person pieces | Sexual abuse and parenting | 2017 | Dawn Daum (The Mighty) |