Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects Domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, and sexual exploitation through prostitution, pornography and trafficking have many significant adverse impacts on a survivor's health and well being, in the short, medium, and long-term. Taking a life-course approach, this book explores what is known about appropriate treatment responses to those who have experienced, and those who perpetrate, domestic and sexual violence and abuse. It also examines key factors that are important in understanding how and why different groups experience heightened risks of domestic and sexual violence and abuse, namely: gender and sexuality; race and culture; disability; and abuse by professionals. This book's contents equips health and social care professionals and services to identify and respond to the needs of affected individuals with a view to the prevention and early intervention.
