Unseen Battles: The Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment Issues of Men With Military Sexual Trauma (MST)

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-101

  Morris, E Ellen ^a   Smith, Julia C ^a,b   Farooqui, Sharjeel Yonus ^a   Surís, Alina M ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

male victims; mental health and violence; PTSD; sexual assault; war

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME VICTIM; HUMAN; MALE; MALE VICTIMS; MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR;

MALE VICTIMS; MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE; PTSD; SEXUAL ASSAULT; WAR;

CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84897785231     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013511540     Document Type: Article

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