Abstract
In low-income countries many victims of sexual violence with mental health problems do not have access to specialized and costly evidence-based therapeutic interventions. For this reason, it is important to gain insight in the effectiveness of low-cost non-professional interventions for these victims of sexual violence. For this purpose, a systematic review was conducted using PsycINFO and PubMed. In total, 14 intervention-studies among victims of sexual violence were identified, studying 10 different low-cost non-professional interventions published between 1990 and 2018. Results showed that almost all interventions were effective to a lesser or greater extent. For this reason, described low-cost non-professional interventions are of interest for victims of sexual violence as well as for mental health policy makers in low-income countries. However, almost all studies were performed in the USA, and none of the studies included a long-term follow-up period or victimized men. Therefore, future studies on the effectiveness of these interventions in low-income countries including a long-term follow-up period and men, are highly recommended.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 101425 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Aggression and Violent Behavior |
Volume | 53 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Sexual violence
- Low-cost interventions
- Non-professional interventions
- Mental health
- Systematic review
- POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER
- ABUSE
- SURVIVORS
- RAPE
- ASSAULT
- HEALTH
- PSYCHOTHERAPY
- EFFICACY
- PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
- METAANALYSIS