child sexual abuse is traumatic, Sexual Assault, US Torture
ritualabuselinks
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/articles/fdg2007.pdf
http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318073.aspx
http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/child-sexual-abuse-is-traumatic-sexual-assault-us-torture/
http://www.truthout.org/psychologists-notes-indicate-zubaydah-torture-experimentation58855
The state of betrayal trauma theory: Reply to McNally Conceptual
issues and future directions Freyd, DePrince, Gleaves MEMORY, 2007, 15
(3), 295-311 Betrayal trauma theory (Freyd, 1994, 1996, 2001) is an
approach to conceptualising trauma that points to the importance of
social relationships in understanding post-traumatic outcomes,
including reduced recall.
We argue in this paper that child sexual abuse very often constitutes
a severe betrayal trauma and that it is thus ‘‘genuinely traumatic''.
We will also argue that one reasonably common effect of child sexual
abuse *particularly the more it involves betrayal trauma* is some
degree of forgetting or ‘‘knowledge isolation'' about the event. This
last claim speaks to the heart of betrayal trauma theory that McNally
has summarised and critiqued. In this paper we will respond to aspects
of McNally's critique as well as offer our own perspective on the
state of betrayal trauma theory. We discuss (1) conceptual issues, (2)
critiques of empirical studies, and (3) future directions. Although
our interpretation of data diverges from McNally's in many places, we
have all arrived at a surprisingly common endpoint. McNally suggests a
child may not think about the abuse for several reasons, such as fears
that disclosure may break up the family. In accord with betrayal
trauma theory, we note that the failure to think about events will
contribute to poorer memory for the event and that these processes are
mediated by the unique demands placed on a child exposed to betrayal
traumas. http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/articles/fdg2007.pdf
Talking About Sexual Assault: Society's Response to Survivors - Sexual
assault is a traumatic experience for any woman. Furthermore, many
victims who tell others about their assault must endure a "second
assault" in the form of negative reactions, such as victim blaming and
disbelief. One third to two thirds of victims may experience such
reactions, which have negative mental and physical health effects on
the victims. This book provides a comprehensive look at women's rape
disclosure, addressing such issues as why, how often, and to whom
women disclose their sexual assault; how people respond to
disclosures; what factors influence how they respond to disclosures;
and how these responses affect survivors. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0741-1
March 2010 Part of the Psychology of Women Series http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318073.aspx
Psychologists Notes May Indicate Zubaydah Torture Experimentation 25
April 2010 by: Jeffrey Kaye, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis One
interesting nugget found in newly released CIA documents related to
the destruction of 92 torture tapes concerns the unreported existence
of psychologist's notes as a standard part of the interrogation
protocol. In a "top secret" paper (undated) entitled "The CIA
Interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, March 2001 - January 2003," in a
section that, though heavily redacted, describes the review of the
tapes by a CIA attorney from the Office of General Counsel,
"interrogation materials" are described as consisting of "videotapes,
logbook, notebook, and psychologist's notes."
http://www.truthout.org/psychologists-notes-indicate-zubaydah-torture-experimentation58855
Torture FOIA - Torture Documents Released 4/15/2010, Part 1 April 15,
2010
In response to the ACLU's lawsuit, the CIA released documents related
to the reasons behind the agency's destruction of 92 videotapes of
interrogations on April 15, 2010. (Part 1 includes documents 1-9 of
the release.) http://www.aclu.org/national-security/torture-foia-torture-documents-released-4152010
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/cia_release20100415_p01-09.pdf