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01.01.2014 | Capsule Commentary
Capsule Commentary on Walsh et al. Sexual Violence and Mental Health Symptoms Among National Guard and Reserve Soldiers
verfasst von:
Michelle D. Sherman, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 1/2014
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Walsh et al.
1 explored the relationship between sexual violence, PTSD, and depression among National Guard and Reserve soldiers, finding 27–37 % of women and 4 % of men reported experiencing sexual violence at some point in their lives. Rates of sexual violence during the most recent deployment ranged from 0–2.6 %. Moreover, soldiers who had ever experienced sexual trauma had 3.5-fold higher odds of suffering from PTSD; nearly half of PTSD cases could be attributed to life-time sexual violence. The rate of deployment-related sexual trauma in this population-based cohort is lower than that reported in VA samples. …