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- Title
Mental Health Service Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth: Voices of Survivors and Stakeholders.
- Authors
Robitz, Rachel; Ulloa, Emilio C.; Salazar, Marissa; Ulibarri, Monica D.
- Abstract
Youth who experience commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) have complex mental health needs. This study describes what CSE survivors and stakeholders who work with them desire in mental health services. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 CSE survivors 16-20 years old, and 15 community experts on CSE (n = 25). Thematic analyses indicated CSE survivors value mental health services including individual therapy and coping skills, and they wanted providers who are nonjudgmental, and exhibit some level of understanding of CSE. Community stakeholders described skills important for CSE survivors to gain from mental health services including recognition of patterns of victimization, self-worth, and emotion regulation. Both stakeholders and CSE youth desired services that give survivors some control over their treatment and recovery utilizing a trauma-informed approach.
- Subjects
MENTAL health services; MEDICAL needs assessment; SEXUALLY abused children; SURVIVORS of abuse; EXPLOITATION of humans; CHILD trafficking victims; LIFE skills; EMOTIONAL trauma
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2020, Vol 35, Issue 3, p354
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1891/VV-D-18-00213