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Treatment of Victims of Rape Trauma

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International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes

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It was a warm spring morning. Because of a very sore throat, Mrs. Claven had a doctor’s appointment. All proceeded smoothly until her throat was swabbed for a culture. Suddenly, Mrs. Claven became shaky, nauseated, grabbed the physician’s arm, pulled the swab out of her mouth, and ran sobbing out of the clinic. She drove to her home and, after calming herself, telephoned the detective who had arrested her rapist of 3 years previous. She was totally unaware as to why she was calling this detective, but her fear was so great that she instinctively knew only that he would make her feel safe. She told him about her throat examination.

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  1. Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02167, USA

    Carol R. Hartman

  2. Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    Ann W. Burgess

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    Beverley Raphael

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Hartman, C.R., Burgess, A.W. (1993). Treatment of Victims of Rape Trauma. In: Wilson, J.P., Raphael, B. (eds) International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_44

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