The Psychological Trauma of Rape
The Psychological Trauma of Rape

Author(s): Heather Huhtanen
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Atlantska inicijativa: Udruženje za promicanje euroatlantskih integracija BiH
Keywords: violence; rape; psychology; trauma; health;
Summary/Abstract: Rape is in a category of highly intense traumatic events that so exceed the limits of common human experience as to be exceptionally horrific for all people, especially children. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5), traumatic events include those involving direct and indirect exposure to death or threats of death, serious injury, or sexual violence. These events are extremely difficult and imminently result in the psychological condition called psychological trauma. These events may be isolated or recurring, and can so severely disturb the “life balance” of an individual that they have difficulty ever finding it again.

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