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Summary
Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data for 164,603 (87% male) Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans were used to examine the relationship between a positive military sexual trauma screen, demographic and military variables, and mental health diagnoses. More women reported military sexual trauma than men and military sexual trauma was significantly related to receiving a mental health diagnosis in the VA healthcare system.
Citation
Kimerling, R., Street, A. E., Pavao, J., Smith, M. W., Cronkite, R. C., Holmes, T. H., Frayne, S. M. (2010). Military-Related Sexual Trauma Among Veterans Health Administration Patients Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 1409-1412. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.171793