The region has the highest levels of socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland. Clients range from ex-service personnel suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to survivors of domestic or childhood sexual abuse. In a disturbing signal of the impact of lockdown on vulnerable families, Mr Shaw says the charity has dealt with more incest cases in the past year than we’ve seen in the past five as well as a rising tide of revenge porn, sexual assaults and domestic abuse. In the most serious cases the charity will bring the police in for support, something Mr Shaw says it has had to do more often in the past 18 months than in the previous five years.
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