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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
The article talks about perpetrators and why they might use substances, the different types of drugs (Alcohol, Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate - GHB, Rohypnol) that are used and their side effects.& Includes risk reduction strategies as well as what to do if you suspect that you or someone else has been drugged.
This edition abstacts reasearh that describes some promising approaches being used when victims present for a medical exam; how traumatic events predict drug severity; a model progam being used in Canada to treat drug addicted child sexual assault survivors; substance abuse among pregnant and perinatal women; and outlines the relationship of alcohol abuse and sexual assault amongst two Native American tribes, African American women, and differences between heterosexual and lesbian women.
Defines both sexual violence and substance abuse. Talks briefly about the connections between sexual assault and substance abuse and how alcohol/drugs may be a contributing factor in its occurrence. It also gives some facts along with their sources.
The article also&points out&that&family/friends/professionals can help support survivors by better understanding how sexual trauma maybe be affecting their lives.
The article briefly discusses the data results gathered from interviews of women revealing that those who experienced any type of sexual abuse in their childhood were roughly three times more likely than unabused girls to report drug dependence as adults.
