Gender differences in military sexual trauma and mental health diagnoses among iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Cohen, Beth ^a,b   Ren, Li ^a   Bosch, Jeane ^a   Kimerling, Rachel ^c   Seal, Karen ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855609439     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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