Military sexual trauma in US veterans: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e1133-e1139

  Klingensmith, Katherine ^a   Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Mota, Natalie ^c   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPLICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922391654     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: 15552101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14m09244     Document Type: Article

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