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Rape:
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly:
Therapy, Cause, and Effect

Rape victims are stereotypically helpless women in their late teens to early 20s, and their attacker is stereotypically a big, scary man that is a complete stranger to the victim. This is hardly the case, men and women of all ages are at risk and the attacker is usually someone the victim is acquainted with. Of all of these victims, 49% will suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)(Fields, 2005).
PTSD, Dissociative Disorder, Depression, and Borderline Personality Disorder are all disorders that rape victims are known for having after their traumatic experience (Palmieri, Fitzgerald, 2005)(Trippany, Helm, Simpson, 2006). Cognitive-behavioral therapies as well as medications for these disorders will be discussed. Causes as well as effects (the bad and the ugly), and the therapies (the good) that entangle a victim of rape or sexual abuse will be thoroughly examined.
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