{"id":85,"date":"2015-01-26T21:26:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/?p=85"},"modified":"2015-02-13T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:40:03","slug":"prostitution-and-trafficking-in-nine-countries-an-update-on-violence-and-posttraumatic-stress-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/2015\/01\/26\/prostitution-and-trafficking-in-nine-countries-an-update-on-violence-and-posttraumatic-stress-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries: An Update on Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">At international level<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Melissa<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Farley a.o.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">have<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">published <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">the most relevant<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">results<\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"> <span class=\"hps\">with data from<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">nine<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">different countries (<\/span>2004). <span class=\"hps\">According the study<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">two-thirds<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of the examined<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">854<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">women in prostitution<\/span> <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">showed <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">symptoms<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of PTSD<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">(post<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">traumatic<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">stress disorder<\/span>), <span class=\"hps\">which were comparable<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">with them<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of healthcare<\/span>-seeking <span class=\"hps\">veterans<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">women who<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">fled to<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">shelters<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">rape survivors<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and refugees<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">who were exposed to<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">state-sanctioned<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">torture<\/span>. <span class=\"hps\">The intensity of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">trauma<\/span>-related <span class=\"hps\">symptoms<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">depended<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">on the intensity of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the activity in prostitution<\/span>. <span class=\"hps\">Women<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">with multiple<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">suitors<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">reported<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">harder<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">physical symptoms.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">The longer the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">women<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">were active in prostitution<\/span>, the more likely <span class=\"hps\">they were <\/span><span class=\"hps\">infected with<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">a sexually transmitted disease<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostitutionresearch.com\/pdf\/Prostitutionin9Countries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click<\/a> here for the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">study<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">&#8220;Prostitution<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Trafficking<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Nine<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Countries<\/span>: An <span class=\"hps\">Update on<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Violence and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Posttraumatic<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Stress Disorder<\/span>&#8221; by <em>Dr. Melissa Farley<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><!--more--><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"hps\">Note:<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Introduction<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> by Dr.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Anita<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Heiliger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At international level Melissa Farley a.o. have published the most relevant results with data from nine different countries (2004). According the study two-thirds of the examined 854 women in prostitution showed symptoms of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), which were comparable with them of healthcare-seeking veterans, women who fled to shelters, rape survivors and refugees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,3,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trauma-and-prostitution.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}