Citation

Torgerson T, Khojasteh J, Vassar M. JAMA Intern. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Office of Medical Student Research, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5280

PMID

31790540

Abstract

Results from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey indicate that 18.3% of US women and 1.4% of men have experienced rape. Trauma from sexual assault can lead to severe, long-standing negative sequelae, particularly when left untreated. Further complicating matters, only 23% of sexual assault crimes are reported to the police, in part because of a lack of awareness of how to obtain help ...

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