Military sexual trauma during deployment to iraq and afghanistan: Prevalence, readjustment, and gender differences

Violence and Victims

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-499

  Katz, Lori S ^a   Cojucar, Geta ^a   Beheshti, Sayeh ^a   Nakamura, Erin ^a   Murray, Michelle ^a  

^a Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicts in iraq and afghanistan; Gender differences; Military sexual trauma; Oif oef

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867290953     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.487     Document Type: Article

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