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VA Study Shows Childhood Maltreatment, High Magnitude Stressors Are Stronger Predictors Of Psychiatric Symptoms Than Military Sexual Stressors
December 9, 2010 by NewsBot
A study of long-term, active duty military personnel who used Department of Veterans Affairs' health services showed that childhood maltreatment and other high magnitude stressors, such as being in a serious accident or a natural disaster, were more strongly associated with participants' current psychiatric symptoms than were their military sexual experiences, such as sexual harassment...


