In My Own Words
by Chris Dallaire

In 1974, the team of Burgess and Holstrom conducted research as to the symptoms and behaviors that survivors of sexual violence exhibited after their assaults. This groundbreaking study led to the description of these behaviors to what is now referred to as Rape Trauma Syndrome. They studied groups of women who presented to hospitals and law enforcement agencies following their attacks and carefully tracked the evolving of their behaviors over the course of many months, whe

A blog post part of the monthly feature "In My Own Words" by Chris Dallaire, which takes a unique look into the world of being a s