Prevention of Post-Sexual Assault Stress - Video

Prevention of Post-Sexual Assault Stress is a video designed to help prepare sexual assault victims for the post-sexual assault medical exam, and to provide information about coping strategies that may help reduce anxiety and distress following sexual assault.

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Preliminary support for this intervention

Two Components of the Video - Click to Each from Website.

Component 1. The Medical Exam
Adolescents are familiarized with forensic exam procedures via modeling and information provision.

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Component 2. Steps to Recovery
Adolescents are provided with:

Psychoeducation about common reactions to sexual assault
Education about problematic avoidance strategies
Education about, and modeling of, more adaptive coping responses
A review of potentially harmful coping responses in the form of drug and alcohol use
Descriptions of the pitfalls of social isolation and avoidance and recommendations for maintaining or increasing positive activities

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