Repercussões da violência sexual. E quando o homem é a vítima? – revisão integrativa

Abstract

Experiencing sexual abuse may harmthe physical and mental health from men and women, leadind to immediate and long-term repercussions for both. The literature about male victims of sexual abuse is very limited. However, it was possible to identify the association between sexual abuse and outcomes in mental, physical, sexual and reproductive health and health risk behaviors. In that way, the main point of this research was analyze scientific evidences about the effects on mental health of men who were sexual abused, with the objective of identify the characteristics of the study population and create an informative booklet. Method: Integrative Review, with the guiding question: What are the effects on mental health of male victims of sexual abuse?. The researched database were: CAPES, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) and National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubMed), in which the descriptors (keywords) Men, Crime victims, Sex offenses and Mental health of the available in DeCS/MeSH. The inclusion criteria were adopted: fully available articles free of charge that work on the subject of male individuals victims of sexual violence, published in the last 5 years in English, Portuguese or Spanish. The exclusion criteria were: duplicate articles, articles that do not specify mental health outcomes after sexual violence, male individuals, articles that have not answered the guiding question of these research. Results and Discussion: the final sample had a total of 9 articles, published in English, with six publications from the United States of America (USA), Canada, Norway and South Africa contrituted with one each. Among the included studies, the identification of the forms of sexual violence that were analyzed, the presence of child sexual abuse, health risk behavior and the evaluation of suicidal behavior were highlighted points. Conclusion: male victims of sexual abuse are more prone to drug abuse, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal behavior in first place, and eating disorders, self-destructive behaviors, sleeping problems and panic disorder in second place.