Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Subtitle: Treatment Innovations
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: April 7, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780803971929
Subjects: Counselling; Crime & criminology; Violence in society; Psychosexual disorders; Mental Illness; Psychology; Abuse; Rehabilitation; Abuse - General; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Family & Relationships / Abuse; Adult child sexual abuse victi; Adult Child Sexual Abuse Victims; Treatment
First sentence: The Diagnostic Statistical Manual-III (DSM-III) defines posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the result of a "recognizable stressor that would evoke significant symptoms of distress in almost anyone" (American Psychiatric Association, 1987, p. 236).