Statistics:
- About Sexual Assault (from NSVRC)
- Statistics related to child sexual abuse (RAINN)
- Victims of sexual violence (RAINN)
- Sexual violence and the criminal justice system (RAINN)
- Parents and Teens Talk about Sexuality: A National Survey (Planned Parenthood)
Information and news stories:
- Title IX: “Essentially, Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding (the vast majority of schools)While Title IX is a very short statute, Supreme Court decisions and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education have given it a broad scope covering sexual harassment and sexual violence. Under Title IX, schools are legally required to respond and remedy hostile educational environments and failure to do so is a violation that means a school could risk losing its federal funding.” (KnowYourIX)
- New laws for sexual assault victims in Washington State
- What to do when a loved one has been traumatized (from ISTSS.org)
- Washington State rape laws and other statutes (links provided by WCSAP)
- ISTSS guidelines for Complex PTSD
- PTSD and Washington State fire fighters,
- including a link to Code4nw (a free and confidential crisis response and referral network for Washington State active and retired first responders, EMS, corrections, civilian support personnel, and their families.)
- Why may rape victims don’t fight or yell
- Sexual assault on tribal lands
- Waiting on Savannah’s Act and an End Violence Against Native Women (MsMagazine)
ACES study:
- Information about the ACES study detailing the effects of adverse childhood experiences: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/about.html
- ACES journal article: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(98)00017-8/pdf
- Screening for ACES beings Statewide in CA (CalHealthReport.org)
- Importance of Counter-Aces (MedicalXpress.com)
Research:
- Origins of Developmental Trauma Disorder: http://www.istss.org/education-research/traumatic-stresspoints/october-2018/when-nowhere-is-safe-the-traumatic-origins-of-deve.aspx#_ENREF_1
- Difficulties regulating positive emotions in PTSD: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jts.22330
- Children of refugee parents with PTSD have higher risk of psychiatric diagnosis
- PTSD Linked to Increase Risk of Ovarian Cancer (from the Harvard Gazette)
- Sexual abuse survivors who aren’t believed are at higher risk of mental health problems
- 1 in 16 women report first sexual experience as rape (study summary from NPR)
- Social support as a mediator between exposure to trauma in childhood and trauma symptoms in young adulthood
- A Lifetime of Adversity Dampens the Brain’s Dopamine Production (TechnologyNetworks.com)
- Rethinking Cognitive Restructuring (ISTSS)
Blogs and opinion pieces:
- Expert testimony from Dr. Jim Hopper about traumatic memories
- https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something
- http://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/2017/04/rape-victims-reactions-misunderstood-by-law-enforcement/
- When You’re Ready, This is How You Heal (from Medium.com)
- My Name is Will Wheaton and I Live with Chronic Depression
- Thriving After a Loss (from Psychology Today)
- Importance of teaching consent in sex ed lessons
- Survivors of Sexual Assault are Voters, Too
- Brandon Brooks of the Eagles on living with anxiety
- Proposed Changes to Title IX Will Not Solve The Problems of Sexual Assaults on Campuses (TheHill)
- Rachel Denhollander and US Gymnastics (Sports Illustrated)
- Rep. Pressley and Justice for Sexual Assault Victims (MarieClaire)
Alisa Horwitz, Ph.D. 