Psychosocial Management of Victims of sexual Assault

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Published: 2015-06-30

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Satyakam Mohapatra
Senior Resident, Mental Health Institute, Department of Psychiatry, S C B Medical College & Hospital Cuttack, Odisha, India
Rakesh Yaduvanshi
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Anurag Agrawal
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Integral Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Sexual assault is defined as forcing an unwilling person to engage in any kind of sexually intimate behavior and can range from touching, grabbing etc. to penetration. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, there is a gradual increase in the number of rapes reported in India - from 24,923 in 2012 to 33,707 in 2013.

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Vol. 1 No. 01 (2015): Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture

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Psychosocial Management of Victims of sexual Assault. (2015). Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality and Culture, 1(01), 27-31. https://ijhsc.info/index.php/ijhsc/article/view/22