When NHK conducted a questionnaire on the damage caused by sexual violence via the Internet, it was found that more than half of the 35,000 cases in which they answered that they had suffered damage had symptoms that seemed to be PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder. rice field.
Experts who analyzed the answers pointed out that "we need an environment where we can receive support."
NHK conducted a questionnaire on the Internet from March to April under the supervision of experts for people who had been sexually assaulted and their families, and received more than 38,000 responses. ..
Of these, when experts analyzed more than 35,000 responses that they had suffered damage, more than 19,000 cases, which accounted for 54.1% of the total, were highly suspected of having PTSD according to international indicators. I found out.
Furthermore, when analyzed by the number of years since the damage, the percentage of people who were strongly suspected of having PTSD was 71.8% for those who answered that it was less than one year after the damage, and 66.2% for those who answered that it was less than three years. Even those who answered that it was more than 20 years had a high ratio of 48.7%.
Azusa Saito, an associate professor at Mejiro University, said, "The effects of sexual violence are wide-ranging, and although not all can be expressed numerically, the results show that they have serious psychological effects. There is an urgent need to create an environment where people can receive support and to train specialists. "