title: Men sexually assaulted as adults and sexually abused as boys.
abstract: Previous research on sexually victimized men has mainly addressed the acute symptoms seen in hospital emergency rooms and psychiatric clinics. Findings are reported on 14 men, all but 1 of whom had been sexually traumatized much earlier in life, as boys or young adults. Several problem areas are described: repression, denial, or normalization of the trauma; self-blame and shame; posttraumatic stress disorder; male gender identity fragility; sexual orientation ambiguity and internalized homophobia; sexual difficulties; mistrustfulness of adult men; and disturbances of self-esteem and body image. Gender issues in treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital-Shaughnessy Site, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011902:Rape; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology