Student Material to Victim Empowerment : Bridging the Systems Mental Health and Victim Service Providers

By Government Printing Office

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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Student Material to Victim Empowerment : Bridging the Systems Mental Health and Victim Service Providers
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
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Excerpt
Excerpt: Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller This project was supported by Grant No. 95-MU-GX-K003 awarded by the Office for Victims of 4 Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, coordinates the activities of the following program offices and bureaus: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO THE TRAUMA OF VICTIMIZATION . . . . . 12 Identifying and Assessing Signs of Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Secondary Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Cross Cultural Issues in Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, RAPE TRAUMA SYNDROME AND BATTERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Diagnostic Criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Rape Related Post Traumatic Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Ten Warning Signs of Mental Illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Hostage in the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE: THINKING BEYOND THE OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Thinking Beyond the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Integrating Awareness of Victimization into Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Therapy in the Context of the Survivor's Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 The Therapy Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Caring for Ourselves and Each Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Outline for Interagency Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Interagency Agreement Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127