Citation

Burgess AW, Morgenbesser LI. Brief Treat. Crisis Interv. 2005; 5(2): 193-202.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/brief-treatment/mhi016

PMID

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Abstract

Although sexual violence against women has received increasing attention over the past decades, the sexual assault of the elderly has not been as well addressed. One group, however, brings news of these cases to us weekly, if not daily. Print media (and the Internet) report on these cases and the crises and trauma that follow for the victims and their families. For purposes of this article we reviewed newspaper, LexisNexis, and PubMed databases from 1995 to 2004. This forensic mental health article seeks to raise clinicians' awareness and sensitivity to the plight of the elder rape victim by illustrating facts with documented cases and offering suggestions for brief and crisis-oriented intervention.