ArticleWomen's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Military Sexual Trauma and Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Disorders, and Substance Use Disorders among Returning Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans.
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- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Military Sexual Trauma and Risky Behaviors: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2021Pooled it
- Experiences of military sexual assault, PTSD, and participation in life activities among Canadian women Veterans.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
- Implications of gene × environment interactions in post-traumatic stress disorder risk and treatment.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- Examining veterans' preferences for how to deliver couples-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: Home-based telehealth or in-person?Psychological services · 2025Article
- Electronic Health Record Concordance with Survey-Reported Military Sexual Trauma Among Younger Veterans: Associations with Health Care Utilization and Mental Health Diagnoses.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in female veterans with military sexual trauma and comorbid PTSD/MDD.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment for Alcohol Misuse Among Survivors and Victim Service Professionals Following Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence.Violence and victims · 2023Article
- Military service and risk of subsequent drug use disorders among Swedish men.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Perspectives of VA healthcare from rural women veterans not enrolled in or using VA healthcare.PloS one · 2023Article
- Applying polyvictimization theory to veterans: Associations with substance use and mental health.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- Sexual Harassment and Assault During Deployment: Associations with Treatment Outcomes Among Veterans with Co-occurring PTSD and SUD.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Neurocognitive Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Study Protocol.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2020Article
- Military Sexual Trauma in Older Women Veterans: Prevalence and Comorbidities.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Observational
- A positive screen for military sexual trauma is associated with greater risk for substance use disorders in women veterans.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Risk Factors of Obesity in Veterans of Recent Conflicts: Need for Diabetes Prevention.Current diabetes reports · 2019Review
- Regional Variations in Documentation of Sexual Trauma Concepts in Electronic Medical Records in the United States Veterans Health Administration.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2019Article
- An Overview of Sexual Trauma in the U.S. Military.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2017Review
- Service and demographic factors, health, trauma exposure, and participation are associated with adjustment for former Australian Defense Force members.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological AssociationArticle
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Abstract
purposePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorders (DD), and substance use disorders (SUD) are prevalent among veterans. A positive military sexual trauma (MST) screen is associated with higher likelihood of each of these disorders. The current study examined the associations between MST, gender, and co-occurring PTSD, DD, and SUD among veterans receiving services at the Department of Veterans Affairs to inform assessment and treatment. We were specifically interested in the interactions between MST and gender on co-occurring disorders.
methodsThe sample included 494,822 Department of Veterans Affairs service-seeking veterans (12.5% women) deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan who recently separated from the military and were screened for MST between 2004 and 2013. MAIN
findingsVeterans with positive MST screens had higher odds than those with negative screens of individual and co-occurring PTSD, DD, and SUD. The association between positive MST screens and diagnostic outcomes, including PTSD, was stronger for women than for men, and the association between positive MST screens and some diagnostic outcomes, including DD, was stronger for men than for women.
conclusionsThese results highlight the importance of assessing for and recognizing the potential MST and gender interactions in the clinical context among veterans with co-occurring PTSD, DD, and/or SUD.
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