@article{ref1,
title="Low-cost non-professional interventions for victims of sexual violence: a systematic review",
journal="Aggression and violent behavior",
year="2020",
author="Geraets, Anouk F. J. and van der Velden, Peter G.",
volume="53",
number="",
pages="e101425-e101425",
abstract="In low-income countries many victims of sexual violence with mental health problems do not have access to specialized and costly evidence-based therapeutic interventions. For this reason, it is important to gain insight in the effectiveness of low-cost non-professional interventions for these victims of sexual violence. For this purpose, a systematic review was conducted using PsycINFO and PubMed. In total, 14 intervention-studies among victims of sexual violence were identified, studying 10 different low-cost non-professional interventions published between 1990 and 2018. <br><br>RESULTS showed that almost all interventions were effective to a lesser or greater extent. For this reason, described low-cost non-professional interventions are of interest for victims of sexual violence as well as for mental health policy makers in low-income countries. However, almost all studies were performed in the USA, and none of the studies included a long-term follow-up period or victimized men. Therefore, future studies on the effectiveness of these interventions in low-income countries including a long-term follow-up period and men, are highly recommended.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1789",
doi="10.1016/j.avb.2020.101425",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2020.101425"
}