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.

This instructional video may be useful in trainings for personnel who work with sexual assault victims such as sexual assault examiners, rape crisis advocates, and police officers.

Whom is this video for?

The 17-minute instructional video titled "Prevention of Post-Sexual Assault Stress" was developed to help older adolescent and young adult sexual assault victims prepare for and better cope with the medical exam that usually takes place within 72 hours of a sexual assault.

The video is also designed to help adolescents and young adults cope with emotional reactions commonly experienced after a sexual assault.

This video may be helpful for sexual assault victims in medical and nonmedical settings.  At this time, it has only been evaluated in the medical setting.