How a Men's Group Helps Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Karen Clemmer 4/9/209:42 AM

By Bert Pepper MD., March 18, 2020, Psychology Today

How a men's group helped survivors deal with secrets of the past.

When I was a young psychiatrist, I worked with Vietnam veterans traumatized by what happened to them, what they had seen, and what they had done. As I treated these veterans and studied PTSD, I realized that what I was learning could apply to help women. The first rape crisis units and shelters for battered women opened in the 1970s, at which time we also began learning about the possible lasting impact of childhood sexual abuse—i.e., that panic, anxiety, depression, and other disorders could be persistent symptoms of childhood trauma.

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