More than military sexual trauma: Interpersonal violence, PTSD, and mental health in women veterans

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-467

  Kelly, Ursula A ^a,b   Skelton, Kelly ^a,b   Patel, Meghna ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child emotional abuse; Child physical abuse; Child sexual abuse; Cumulative trauma; Female veterans; Health; Intimate partner violence; Military sexual trauma; Physical abuse; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255122664     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20453     Document Type: Article

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