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    Perspectives of service providers who support women victims/survivors of sexual offenses in Goa, India
    (Elsevier, 2025) Nayak, Asawari Raju; Banerjee, Bidisha
    Everyday practices in courts and police stations often reflect patriarchal norms, marginalizing women's perspectives and contributing to victim/survivor blaming and retraumatization. Most studies on Indian sexual violence laws focus on legal texts and court rulings, lacking insight into the everyday experiences of service providers and victims/survivors. We conducted an exploratory pilot study with a qualitative social constructivist approach to analyze the perspectives of 12 service providers who support adult women in sexual-offense-related legal trials in Goa, India. The findings revealed that many victims/survivors hesitate to report sexual violence because of negative perceptions of the system, stigma, apathy, and insufficient victim/survivor-friendly practices. The service providers experienced vicarious trauma and burnout because of resource limitations, and the state's reliance on nongovernmental organizations for psychosocial services limited victims'/survivors' access to justice. Similarly, systemic barriers, politicization and media sensationalism of sexual violence, and repetitive and lengthy legal procedures hindered victims'/survivors' access to justice, leading to hopelessness and secondary traumatization. Furthermore, media sensationalism and political agendas affect medicolegal authorities, and the pressure to settle cases, witness scarcity, and evidence-related issues affect legal decisions. In summary, these findings reinforce social psychological theories emphasizing the influence of societal discourses and structural hierarchies on individual experiences and perceptions, and they may help improve the therapeutic potential of the legal system. The authors suggest continued stakeholder training, structural reforms, and the integration of trauma-informed practices to create a survivor-centered legal system that aligns with therapeutic jurisprudence principles.
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    Quality of Life and Burden in Caregivers of Patients with OCD: A Scoping Review
    (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2026) Shirodkar, Ridhima R; Warrier, Manjusha
    Aim: This scoping review aimed to synthesize the quality of life (QoL) and perceived burden among caregivers of patients with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Background: The QoL and burden among caregivers of patients with OCD is an important but under-researched topic, given that OCD can significantly impair the QoL of both patients diagnosed with OCD and their caregivers. Method: A scoping review approach was used to identify articles published in peer-reviewed journals between the years 2010–2024. The search yielded a total of 511 articles from 5 databases, namely, Science Direct, PsycInfo, PubMed, JSTOR, and Google Scholar. Ten articles that fit the inclusion criteria were selected. All the articles followed a quantitative approach; the mean age of caregivers was approximately 48 years, the number of caregivers ranged from 50 to 120, and the majority of the articles had samples with more female caregivers, mostly spouses/parents of the patient. Results: The four themes derived through the synthesis included caregiver support priorities, illness trajectory and caregiver strain, detrimental caregiver response, and socioeconomic disparities and QoL. Conclusion & Implications: Synthesizing the existing literature can guide the development of evidence-based strategies to alleviate the burden among and enhance the QoL of caregivers.