ASSESSMENT TYPOLOGY AND INTERVENTION WITH THE SURVIVORS OF STALKING

This review article proposes use of a case example to explore a therap eutic framework that utilizes short-term crisis intervention to assist the survivor of the stalking experience. Legal sanctions and laws to protect these victims have been criticized as lacking, and many times in the past mental health professionals have been accused of allowing survivors of stalking to slip through the cracks. This article was wri tten to provide the reader with the basic information needed to begin to understand, diagnose, and treat the survivor exposed to this type o f phenomenon. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd