Conceptual Framework for Rape Survivors Diagnosed with PTSD in the North West Province of South Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Conceptual Framework
1.2. Structure
1.3. Process
1.4. Outcome
1.5. Context
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Population and Sampling
2.3. Data Collection Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Ethical Considerations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure
3.2. Process and Outcome
“Mental health care practitioners working in TCCs must book rape survivors for follow-up at six weeks to assess them for PTSD symptoms using tools that are linked to statistical diagnostic manual, for example PCL-s and PDS-5…”(identified as a female, psychologist, 20 years of service).
“…as such the same diagnostic tools must be used to assess them whey are admitted in psychiatric mental health care institutions”(identified as a male, psychiatrist, 28 years of service).
“…it is procedurally correct for mental health care practitioners to manage adult rape women survivors diagnosed with PTSD through using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), exposure therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) or supportive counselling for effective management or remission of symptoms at least for 12 weeks”[23].
“The is a need to give rape survivors diagnosed with PTSD and admitted at the hospital selective serotherapy (SSRIs)”(identified male, psychiatrist, nine years of service).
“Have at least one or two sessions of Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT) with rape survivors diagnosed with PTSD”(identified as a female, psychologist, 5 years of service).
“There is a need for experienced mental health care practitioners to support and supervise nurses and social workers caring for rape survivors on how to assess, diagnose and manage rape survivors with PTSD”(Identified female, psychiatric nurse, six years of service and identified female, psychologist, nine years of service).
“…also, mental health care practitioners working in public health care institutions should avail themselves to work in collaboration with TCCs staff members. For example, they may have a special day of working with TCCs staff to provide support and supervising them on how to assess and manage rape women survivors for PTSD when scheduled for follow-care until such time they are competent to assess and manage rape survivors on their own”(Identified female, psychiatric nurse, 14 years of service and identified female, psychiatric nurse, seven years of service).
“There is a need for a psychologist in public mental health care institutions to provide in-service training for nurses and social workers working in TCCs on how to assess and manage rape survivors diagnosed with PTSD”(identified female, social worker, 11 years of service).
“Also, the in-service training must be done for mental health care practitioners responsible for assessing and managing rape survivors diagnosed with PTSD in case there are new treatment modalities that can be used to manage rape survivors diagnosed with PTSD, including new assessment scales when adjusted according to the new diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders”(identified male, psychologist, eight years of service).
3.3. Context
4. Practical Implications of the Study
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sepeng, N.V.; Makhado, T.G.; Makhado, L. Conceptual Framework for Rape Survivors Diagnosed with PTSD in the North West Province of South Africa. Healthcare 2023, 11, 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11010127
Sepeng NV, Makhado TG, Makhado L. Conceptual Framework for Rape Survivors Diagnosed with PTSD in the North West Province of South Africa. Healthcare. 2023; 11(1):127. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11010127
Chicago/Turabian StyleSepeng, Nombulelo Veronica, Thendo Gertie Makhado, and Lufuno Makhado. 2023. "Conceptual Framework for Rape Survivors Diagnosed with PTSD in the North West Province of South Africa" Healthcare 11, no. 1: 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11010127