A Survey of Sexual Trauma Treatment Provided by VA Medical Centers

In 1992 Congress mandated the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment to veterans traumatized by sexual assault experienced during active military duty. A 1995 survey of how VA medical centers had responded to this mandate indicated that 51 percent of 136 centers had established a sexual...

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Published inPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 382 - 384
Main Authors Suris, Alina M., Davis, Lori L., Kashner, T. Michael, Gillaspy, James Arthur, Petty, Frederick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.03.1998
American Psychiatric Association
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Crisis Intervention
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Hospitals, Veterans - legislation & jurisprudence
Hospitals, Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental health
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Patient Care Team - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rape - legislation & jurisprudence
Rape - psychology
Rape - statistics & numerical data
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
Texas
Veterans - psychology
United States
North America
America
Texas
Human
Health center
Treatment
Mental health
Sexual abuse
Victimology
Veteran
Recommendation
Public health
Military
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Summary:In 1992 Congress mandated the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment to veterans traumatized by sexual assault experienced during active military duty. A 1995 survey of how VA medical centers had responded to this mandate indicated that 51 percent of 136 centers had established a sexual trauma treatment team. Teams treated a mean±SD of 5.5±10 patients a week, and newly referred veterans waited a mean of 3.3±4 days for evaluation. Teams varied in the discipline mix of providers, training, organizational structure, services offered, and caseload. Medical centers without dedicated treatment teams offered nonspecialized services to sexually traumatized veterans or offered community referrals for sexual trauma treatment services.
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ISSN:1075-2730
1557-9700
DOI:10.1176/ps.49.3.382