Evaluación del daño psicológico en las víctimas de delitos violentos
- Echeburúa Odriozola, Enrique
- Corral Gargallo, Paz de
- Amor Andrés, Pedro Javier
ISSN: 1576-9941
Argitalpen urtea: 2004
Zenbakien izenburua: Salud mental y derecho civil. XII Simposium de la Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría Forense
Alea: 4
Zenbakia: 1-3
Orrialdeak: 227-244
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Psicopatología Clínica Legal y Forense
Laburpena
The aim of this paper was to review the clinical and forensic implications about the psychological harm in violent crime-victims, as well as to study it in a clinical sample. The sample consisted of 330 patients affected by various psychological traumas (rape, domestic violence, and terrorism). Among them, 54.5% were diagnosed of PTSD, especially the victims of sexual aggression and terrorism. The Symptom Severity Scale for PTSD (Echeburúa, Corral, Amor, Zubizarreta, & Sarasua, 1997a) was used to determine the severity and the psychopatological profile of PTSD in each group of victims. Lastly, the implications of this study for clinical and forensic practice and for future research in this field are commented upon.