Citation

de Chesnay M. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2013; 34(12): 901-907.

Affiliation

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/01612840.2013.857200

PMID

24274246

Abstract

Nurses are in a unique position to treat survivors of human trafficking and are most likely to encounter patients who have been involved in the sex trade. In particular, psychiatric-mental health nurses can be effective because they are educated to think of clients holistically and can provide both short-term medical intervention and long-term psychotherapy. Additionally, they can recognize and refer these individuals for medical treatment. The purpose of this article is to present an overview of sex trafficking and what psychiatric-mental health nurses can do to treat survivors.

Language: en