Mental health risk factors in sexual assault: What should Sexual Assault Referral Centre staff be aware of?

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-33

  Brooker, Charlie ^a   Tocque, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependency; Assessment; Mental health; Rape; SARCs; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL ASSAULT REFERRAL CENTER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; CRIME VICTIM; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960344317     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.01.028     Document Type: Article

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