Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder for Victims of Violent Crime

Criminal victimization is the most common traumatic event to which the general population is exposed (Breslau et al., 1998). Indeed, 6% of the Canadian population aged 15 and over reports being victimized by a violent crime in a given year (Statistics Canada, 2010). Victims of violent crime (VCC) often suffer from negative mental health outcomes that may be exacerbated by certain aspects of violent criminal victimization, such as the experience of a threat to one's life or physical integrity, stigma related to the crime, loss of interpersonal trust, and involvement in the judicial process (Green& Roberts, 2008; O'Hara, 2012).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research