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the relationship between PTSD, performance and decision-making in emergency serviceprofessions is complex and varies by the nature of the emergency situation. Implications forforensic assessment will be discussed.Sexual Harassment and PTSD: A Model of Harm and RecoveryLouise F. Fitzgerald, University of Illinois at Urbana (lff1353@gmail.com)Sadie Larsen, VA Hospital, Milwaukee, USA (sadieelarsen@gmail.com)C. Vaile Wright, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington D.C., USA (vaile.wright@gmail.com)Linda L. Collinsworth, Millikin University (llc2402@gmail.com)Angela Lawson, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA (angela.lawson@hotmail.com)Workplace sexual harassment continues to be a widespread problem. Although evidenceconfirms its impact on mental health, little is known concerning pathways that lead to injury andvirtually nothing about those facilitating recovery. This paper presents a set of theoretical modelsframing these issues, as well as data tracking the progress of several hundred class-actionplaintiffs who developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in response to workplace harassment.Based on these models, we undertook a 5-year longitudinal study of over 1200 U.S. professionalwomen, each a member of a class-action lawsuit against their employer. Psychological Harm:Initial examination revealed that 33% of these women met DSM-IV-TR symptom criteria forPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder at Time 1. Multiple hierarchical linear regressions wereconducted in a randomly chosen half sample (A) and results cross-validated in Sample B. Crossvalidatedresults confirmed that frequency and severity of harassment, as well as the power of theperpetrator, were the most potent predictors of harm, whereas the plaintiff’s individualvulnerability contributed an additional 4.6% of variance, and attributions of self-blameaccounted for 1.7%. Recovery: With respect to recovery, we predicted that harassment wouldaffect symptoms at Time 2 through its effect on the original symptoms, its damage to schema oftrust, safety and intimacy, and attributions of blame. We also predicted that social support wouldpredict recovery. Finally, we included previous victimization as a control for other widespreadtraumatic events. This cross-validated model provided an acceptable fit to the data, and waslargely consistent with theoretical predictions.Let them Satisfy Their Lust on Thee: The Stage as a Reflection of HistoricalViews on RapeKaitlyn Regehr, King's College London (kaitlyn.regehr@kcl.ac.uk)Titus Andronicus, in which the young Lavinia is raped and then brutally mutilated, is arguablyShakespeare’s most explicit and complex play involving rape. A range of theatrical, feminist,296