Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:576-579
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Same-sex rape of nonincarcerated men
PF Goyer and HC Eddleman
Psychiatric evaluations of nonincarcerated adult male victims of same- sex
rape have been reported infrequently in the literature. In their work with
a population of military men, the authors reviewed the psychiatric
evaluations of 13 such victims, ages 18 to 31, over a 2- year period. Most
of the men reported mood disturbances (e.g., fear, depression, anger),
somatic disturbances (e.g., in sleep, appetite, digestion), and
difficulties in peer relationships following the assault, and almost half
of these victims reported that they had experienced subsequent sexual
problems.
