ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2019
A positive screen for military sexual trauma is associated with greater risk for substance use disorders in women 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
- Gender-based violence and harassment at work and health and occupational outcomes. A systematic review of prospective studies.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Enhancing Primary Care and Mental Health Integration for Women Veterans with Complex Healthcare Needs Using Evidence-Based Quality Improvement.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Perinatal substance use among United States veterans and servicemembers: A scoping review of the literature.Translational issues in psychological science · 2026Article
- Postdeployment At-Risk Drinking Among Active Duty Women: Health Care Utilization and Military Readiness Outcomes.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
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- Do betrayal-based moral injury and drinking to cope explain the association between military sexual trauma and alcohol consumption?Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Associations of military sexual harassment and assault with nonsuicidal self-injury: Examining gender and sexual orientation as moderators.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
- Associations among military sexual trauma, positive alcohol expectancies, and coping behaviors in female veterans.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2024Article
- Increasing understanding of the barriers to military sexual trauma-related reporting and treatment seeking in Canada.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Among US Military Veterans: Findings from Surveys with Two National Samples.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- The Psychedelic Future of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Predictors of evidence-based psychotherapy initiation among veterans with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Examining the unique and interactive associations of gender and race on PTSD symptom severity among military sexual trauma survivors.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023Article
- "It's a sign of weakness": Masculinity and help-seeking behaviors among male veterans accessing posttraumatic stress disorder care.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023Article
- Mindful self-compassion for veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma: feasibility, acceptability, potential benefits, and considerations.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- A comparison of two strategies to assess sexual violence: general vs. specialised trauma screening strategies in two high-risk substance use health disparity samples.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Women Veterans' Healthcare Needs, Utilization, and Preferences in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Settings.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- WVSUD-PACT: a Primary-Care-Based Substance Use Disorder Team for Women Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- MEG neural signature of sexual trauma in women veterans with PTSD.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Military sexual trauma (MST) is a significant public health issue associated with adverse psychiatric outcomes, including heightened risk for suicide, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorders. Recently, research has begun exploring gender-linked disparities in mental health outcomes for individuals who experience MST. The current study assessed whether women who screened positive for MST were at disproportionately higher risk for diagnoses of alcohol-use disorder (AUD) or drug-use disorder (DUD) relative to men. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinical data were extracted for 435,690 military veterans who separated from the military between 2004 and 2011 and had at least 5 years of follow-up data after their initial VHA visit until the end of fiscal year 2014. Logistic regression models examined the main and interactive effects of gender and screening positively for MST as predictors of AUD and DUD. MST positive screens were associated with increased rates of both AUD and DUD across genders. Although rates of both AUD and DUD were higher among men, the increased rate of diagnosis associated with MST positive screens was proportionally higher for women than men (interaction adjusted odds ratios = 1.43 and 1.17 for AUD and DUD, respectively), indicating the presence of a gender-linked health risk disparity. This disparity was more pronounced for AUD than DUD (
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