Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient mental health care?

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-304

  Strauss, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Marx, Christine E ^b,c   Weitlauf, Julie C ^d,e   Stechuchak, Karen M ^a   Straits Tröster, Kristy ^b,c   Worjoloh, Ayaba W ^f,g   Sherrod, Christina B ^c   Olsen, Maren K ^a,b   Butterfield, Marian I ^a,b,c   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center MIRECC   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Depression; Depressive disorder; Major; Military sexual trauma; Posttraumatic; Risk behaviors; Sexual; Sexual abuse; Stress disorders; Veterans; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA; MONEY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRADING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNSAFE SEX; VETERANS;

EID: 79957614628     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2011.551509     Document Type: Article

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