It all adds up: Addressing the roles of cumulative traumatic experiences on military veterans |
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| Institution: | 2. Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom;3. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand;4. Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, Australia;5. Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia;6. CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, Australia;7. Department of Education and Child Development, 31 Flinders St, Adelaide, Australia |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundPosttraumatic stress symptoms are common after discharge from military service in male and female Post-9/11 veterans, many of whom experienced combat.ObjectiveThis is a study of the impacts of childhood and adult assaults are studied both separately and together on the level of posttraumatic stress symptoms in male and female Post-9/11 veterans (N = 850) after discharge from military service.Participants and settingThis cross-sectional secondary analysis uses data from the baseline interviews of the Survey of Experiences of Returning Veterans (SERV) cohort study.MethodsChildhood sexual and physical abuse, adult sexual and physical assault, and combat exposure were the main exposures of interest and the primary outcome measurement was the Posttraumatic Symptom Checklist-Civilian, assessing symptom severity post discharge from military service.ResultsOur sample reported high rates of childhood abuse, adult victimization, combat exposure, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Tested separately, models including different types of victimization had both unique (f2 = 0.30) and cumulative (f2 = 0.32) effects on severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms in male and female veterans.ConclusionsOur results underscore the importance of assessing childhood and adult trauma history in returning veterans in addition to traumas they experienced during their service. These findings highlight the importance of focusing on building resilience in our military servicemembers. |
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| Keywords: | Veteran Child abuse Assault Combat exposure Posttraumatic stress |
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