Sexual assault victimization and mental health treatment, suicide attempts, and career outcomes among women in the US army

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 732-739

  Rosellini, Anthony J ^a   Street, Amy E ^b   Ursano, Robert J ^c   Chiu, Wai Tat ^a   Heeringa, Steven G ^d   Monahan, John ^e   Naifeh, James A ^c   Petukhova, Maria V ^a   Reis, Ben Y ^f   Sampson, Nancy A ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^g   Stein, Murray B ^h   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020700439     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303693     Document Type: Article

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