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ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2022

State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research.

Tara E Galovski, Amy E Street, Suzannah Creech, Keren Lehavot, Ursula A Kelly, Elizabeth M Yano

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Review in Journal of general internal medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Treatment outcomes of sexual minority women (SMW) veterans with military sexual trauma (MST).Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026
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  4. Peer support during in vivo exposure homework increases likelihood of prolonged exposure therapy completion.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Tara E GalovskiWomen's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Street, Boston, MA, 02130, USA. tara.galovski@va.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-4987-1291
Amy E StreetWomen's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Street, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
Suzannah CreechVA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Central Texas VA, Waco, TX, USA.
Keren LehavotVA HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ursula A KellyAtlanta VA Health Care System, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Elizabeth M YanoVA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Boston University · USEmory University · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Washington · USVA Heart of Texas Health Care Network · US

Funding

HSRD VA SDR 10-012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite substantial efforts to counter sexual assault and harassment in the military, both remain persistent in the Armed Services. In February 2021, President Biden directed the U.S. Department of Defense to establish a 90-day Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military (IRC) to assess the department's efforts and make actionable recommendations. As servicemembers discharge from the military, effects of military sexual trauma (MST) are often seen in the Veterans Health Administration (VA). In response to an IRC inquiry about VA MST research, we organized an overview on prevalence, adverse consequences, and evidence-based treatments targeting the sequelae of MST. Women are significantly more likely to experience MST than their male counterparts. Other groups with low societal and institutional power (e.g., lower rank) are also at increased risk. Although not all MST survivors experience long-term adverse consequences, for many, they can be significant, chronic, and enduring and span mental and physical health outcomes, as well as cumulative impairments in functioning. Adverse consequences of MST come with commonalities shared with sexual trauma in other settings (e.g., interpersonal betrayal, victim-blaming) as well as unique aspects of the military context, where experiences of interpersonal betrayal may be compounded by perceptions of institutional betrayal (e.g., fear of reprisal or ostracism, having to work/live alongside a perpetrator). MST's most common mental health impact is posttraumatic stress disorder, which rarely occurs in isolation, and may coincide with major depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and increased suicidality. Physical health impacts include greater chronic disease burden (e.g., hypertension), and impaired reproductive health and sexual functioning. Advances in treatment include evidence-based psychotherapies and novel approaches relying on mind-body interventions and peer support. Nonetheless, much work is needed to enhance detection, access, care, and support or even the best interventions will not be effective.

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Major Depressive DisorderMilitary PersonnelSex OffensesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransFemaleHumansMaleSexual TraumaUnited Statesliterature reviewmilitary sexual traumaresearch summaryveterans

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PMID36042078
PMCPMC9481813
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