Rape - A Hazard to Health

By Solveig Dahl

This important book explains why the health services are in need of updated reactions to rape in order to help patients avoid long-term psychiatric problems. It presents a longitudinal study exploring rape as a psychological trauma. The nature of the various health problems which might arise are discussed, with particular emphasis on mental health problems. Coping strategies are analyzed in relation to outcome, and the book will therefore be of value to victims and their families as well as for psychiatric and health professionals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8200218090
• ISBN13: 9788200218098
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"