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Sexual Violence

MedGen UID:
483529
•Concept ID:
C3489576
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Sexual Violences; Violence, Sexual; Violences, Sexual

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood.
O'Doherty L, Whelan M, Carter GJ, Brown K, Tarzia L, Hegarty K, Feder G, Brown SJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Oct 5;10(10):CD013456. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013456.pub2. PMID: 37795783Free PMC Article
Chronic Pain and Mental Health Disorders: Shared Neural Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Treatment.
Hooten WM
Mayo Clin Proc 2016 Jul;91(7):955-70. Epub 2016 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.04.029. PMID: 27344405
Recidivism Risk Assessment for Adult Sexual Offenders.
Holoyda BJ, Newman WJ
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2016 Feb;18(2):17. doi: 10.1007/s11920-015-0650-5. PMID: 26781555

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sexual Violence Perpetration Against Intimate Partners: Current Progress and Future Directions.
Thomas ML, Himmen MK, Jung S
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2022 Nov;24(11):661-670. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01373-w. PMID: 36197631
Updates on adolescent dating and sexual violence prevention and intervention.
Miller E, Jones KA, McCauley HL
Curr Opin Pediatr 2018 Aug;30(4):466-471. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000637. PMID: 29750769Free PMC Article
Intimate partner violence and pregnancy: epidemiology and impact.
Chisholm CA, Bullock L, Ferguson JEJ 2nd
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017 Aug;217(2):141-144. Epub 2017 May 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.042. PMID: 28551446
Prevention of and Interventions for Dating and Sexual Violence in Adolescence.
Miller E
Pediatr Clin North Am 2017 Apr;64(2):423-434. Epub 2017 Feb 13 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2016.11.010. PMID: 28292456
On sexual violence.
Bradford JM
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2006 Sep;19(5):527-32. doi: 10.1097/01.yco.0000238483.34894.68. PMID: 16874129

Diagnosis

Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood.
O'Doherty L, Whelan M, Carter GJ, Brown K, Tarzia L, Hegarty K, Feder G, Brown SJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Oct 5;10(10):CD013456. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013456.pub2. PMID: 37795783Free PMC Article
Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence.
Chan B, Sachs CJ
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2023 May;41(2):369-380. Epub 2023 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2023.01.007. PMID: 37024170
Sexual Assault of Women.
Farahi N, McEachern M
Am Fam Physician 2021 Feb 1;103(3):168-176. PMID: 33507052
Sexual Assault in Adolescents.
Banvard-Fox C, Linger M, Paulson DJ, Cottrell L, Davidov DM
Prim Care 2020 Jun;47(2):331-349. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2020.02.010. PMID: 32423718Free PMC Article
Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.
O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Davidson LL, Feder G, Taft A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 22;2015(7):CD007007. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007007.pub3. PMID: 26200817Free PMC Article

Therapy

Global Prevalence and Mental Health Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
White SJ, Sin J, Sweeney A, Salisbury T, Wahlich C, Montesinos Guevara CM, Gillard S, Brett E, Allwright L, Iqbal N, Khan A, Perot C, Marks J, Mantovani N
Trauma Violence Abuse 2024 Jan;25(1):494-511. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1177/15248380231155529. PMID: 36825800Free PMC Article
Associations between sexual violence and women's sexual self-consciousness.
Sara GJ, Zahra BK, Maryam N, Saman M
Afr Health Sci 2023 Dec;23(4):391-398. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i4.42. PMID: 38974290Free PMC Article
Sexual Violence Against Children.
Walker-Descartes I, Hopgood G, Condado LV, Legano L
Pediatr Clin North Am 2021 Apr;68(2):427-436. Epub 2021 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.12.006. PMID: 33678296
Genital injuries acute evaluation and management.
Lopez HN, Focseneanu MA, Merritt DF
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2018 Apr;48:28-39. Epub 2017 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2017.09.009. PMID: 29117923
Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.
O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Davidson LL, Feder G, Taft A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 22;2015(7):CD007007. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007007.pub3. PMID: 26200817Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Sexual violence against men in Brazil: underreporting, prevalence, and associated factors.
Ferreira DG, Bortoli MC, Pexe-Machado P, Saggese GSR, Veras MA
Rev Saude Publica 2023;57:23. Epub 2023 Apr 14 doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2023057004523. PMID: 37075406Free PMC Article
Sexual Violence Perpetration Against Intimate Partners: Current Progress and Future Directions.
Thomas ML, Himmen MK, Jung S
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2022 Nov;24(11):661-670. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01373-w. PMID: 36197631
Sexual Violence Risk Assessment With Indigenous Men: Context, Controversies, and Current Findings.
Olver ME, Stockdale KC
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2021 Jul 1;23(8):48. doi: 10.1007/s11920-021-01261-9. PMID: 34196806
Institutional Betrayal: Who Is Most Vulnerable?
Pinciotti CM, Orcutt HK
J Interpers Violence 2021 Jun;36(11-12):5036-5054. Epub 2018 Sep 28 doi: 10.1177/0886260518802850. PMID: 30264672
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
GBD 2016 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators
Lancet 2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1211-1259. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32154-2. PMID: 28919117Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Associations between sexual violence and women's sexual self-consciousness.
Sara GJ, Zahra BK, Maryam N, Saman M
Afr Health Sci 2023 Dec;23(4):391-398. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i4.42. PMID: 38974290Free PMC Article
Psychological aftereffects experienced by sexually abused children: Psychopathological characteristics revealed by the K-CBCL.
Choi SS, Yang SB, Lim MH, Lim JY, Kim KM, Lee Y, Shim SH, Kim MS, Chang HY
Medicine (Baltimore) 2023 Sep 22;102(38):e34699. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034699. PMID: 37747024Free PMC Article
Sexual violence against men in Brazil: underreporting, prevalence, and associated factors.
Ferreira DG, Bortoli MC, Pexe-Machado P, Saggese GSR, Veras MA
Rev Saude Publica 2023;57:23. Epub 2023 Apr 14 doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2023057004523. PMID: 37075406Free PMC Article
Sexual Violence Perpetration Against Intimate Partners: Current Progress and Future Directions.
Thomas ML, Himmen MK, Jung S
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2022 Nov;24(11):661-670. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01373-w. PMID: 36197631
Sexual assault victimization and psychopathology: A review and meta-analysis.
Dworkin ER, Menon SV, Bystrynski J, Allen NE
Clin Psychol Rev 2017 Aug;56:65-81. Epub 2017 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.06.002. PMID: 28689071Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Global Prevalence and Mental Health Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
White SJ, Sin J, Sweeney A, Salisbury T, Wahlich C, Montesinos Guevara CM, Gillard S, Brett E, Allwright L, Iqbal N, Khan A, Perot C, Marks J, Mantovani N
Trauma Violence Abuse 2024 Jan;25(1):494-511. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1177/15248380231155529. PMID: 36825800Free PMC Article
Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood.
O'Doherty L, Whelan M, Carter GJ, Brown K, Tarzia L, Hegarty K, Feder G, Brown SJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Oct 5;10(10):CD013456. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013456.pub2. PMID: 37795783Free PMC Article
Prevalence of intimate partner violence against infertile women in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wang Y, Fu Y, Ghazi P, Gao Q, Tian T, Kong F, Zhan S, Liu C, Bloom DE, Qiao J
Lancet Glob Health 2022 Jun;10(6):e820-e830. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00098-5. PMID: 35561719Free PMC Article
Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Prevention Among Youth: A Community Guide Systematic Review.
Finnie RKC, Okasako-Schmucker DL, Buchanan L, Carty D, Wethington H, Mercer SL, Basile KC, DeGue S, Niolon PH, Bishop J, Titus T, Noursi S, Dickerson SA, Whitaker D, Swider S, Remington P; Community Preventive Services Task Force
Am J Prev Med 2022 Jan;62(1):e45-e55. Epub 2021 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.06.021. PMID: 34772564Free PMC Article
Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.
O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Davidson LL, Feder G, Taft A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 22;2015(7):CD007007. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007007.pub3. PMID: 26200817Free PMC Article

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