Sexual Abuse Survivors Who Aren’t Believed At Higher Risk for Poor Mental Health Outcomes

A distressed person sits at a desk, with text emphasizing the importance of believing sexual abuse survivors for better mental health outcomes and providing a helpline number.

A recent study from Australia confirms how negative responses from family members towards survivors of sexual abuse can adversely impact numerous mental health outcomes. When survivors disclose their abuse to family members and encounter negative responses, they are at much higher risk for developing poor mental health later in life, the study by University of New South Wales medical researchers showed. […]