Military sexual trauma among homeless veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Pavao, Joanne ^a,b   Turchik, Jessica A ^a,c   Hyun, Jenny K ^a,b   Karpenko, Julie ^a,b   Saweikis, Meghan ^a,b   McCutcheon, Susan ^b   Kane, Vincent ^d   Kimerling, Rachel ^a,b  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental health; Sexual assault; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84892477662     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2341-4     Document Type: Article

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