Sexual assault, mental health, and service use among male and female veterans seen in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics: A multi-site study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 226-236

  Zinzow, Heidi M ^a   Grubaugh, Anouk L ^b,c   Frueh, Bartley Christopher ^d   Magruder, Kathryn M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault characteristics; Child sexual abuse; Healthcare; Psychiatric functioning; PTSD; Revictimization; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 42749097638     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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