Military sexual assault and homeless women veterans: Clinical correlates and treatment preferences

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Decker, Suzanne E ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c   Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Hoff, Rani ^b,c,d   Harpaz Rotem, Ilan ^a,b,e  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VETERAN;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84886800647     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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