Rape, sex partnership, and substance use consequences in women veterans

Brenda M Booth; Michelle Mengeling; James Torner; Anne G Sadler

doi:10.1002/jts.20643

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Rape, sex partnership, and substance use consequences in women veterans

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Rape, sex partnership, and substance use consequences in women veterans

Brenda M Booth, Michelle Mengeling, James Torner and Anne G Sadler

Journal of traumatic stress, Vol.24(3), pp.287-294

06/2011

DOI: 10.1002/jts.20643

PMID: 21567476

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Abstract

The association of rape history and sexual partnership with alcohol and drug use consequences in women veterans is unknown. Midwestern women veterans (N = 1,004) completed a retrospective telephone interview assessing demographics, rape history, substance abuse and dependence, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One third met lifetime criteria for substance use disorder (SUD), half reported lifetime completed rape, a third childhood rape, one quarter in-military rape, 11% sex with women. Lifetime SUD was higher for women with rape history (64% vs. 44%). Women with women as sex partners had significantly higher rates of all measures of rape, and also lifetime substance use disorder. Postmilitary rape, sex partnership, and current depression were significantly associated with lifetime SUD in multivariate models (odds ratio = 2.3, 3.6, 2.1, respectively). Many women veterans have a high need for comprehensive mental health services.

Rape - psychology

United States

Humans

Middle Aged

Veterans - psychology

Substance-Related Disorders - complications

Young Adult

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis

Substance-Related Disorders - psychology

Adult

Female

Interviews as Topic

Surveys and Questionnaires

Retrospective Studies

Sexual Partners

Cohort Studies

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Title: Subtitle: Rape, sex partnership, and substance use consequences in women veterans
Creators: Brenda M Booth - Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. boothbrendam@uams.edu
Michelle Mengeling
James Torner
Anne G Sadler
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of traumatic stress, Vol.24(3), pp.287-294
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20643
PMID: 21567476
NLM abbreviation: J Trauma Stress
ISSN: 0894-9867
eISSN: 1573-6598
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 06/2011
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Epidemiology; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; General Internal Medicine; Neurosurgery; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983995181602771

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