Sexuality Among Wounded Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND): Implications for Rehabilitation Psychologists

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-301

  Cameron, Rebecca P ^a   Mona, Linda R ^b   Syme, Maggie L ^c   Cordes, Colleen Clemency ^d   Fraley, Sarah S ^b   Chen, Suzie S ^b   Klein, Leslie S ^e   Welsh, Elizabeth ^f   Smith, Kimberly ^g   Lemos, Larry ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

^g PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; PTSD; Sex; TBI; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BISEXUALITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY AFFIRMATIVE THERAPY; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASCULINITY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MILITARY SERVICE; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; OPERATION NEW DAWN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SEX ROLE; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BISEXUALITY; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 83155193253     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025513     Document Type: Review

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