Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
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DOI：
10.7205/milmed.170.9.787
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Butterfield, MI
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作者：
Lapp, KG;Bosworth, HB;Butterfield, MI
由于退伍军人中创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的患病率很高，而且对这一群体的受害情况研究有限，我们从精神病住院部招募了133名患有与战斗有关的PTSD的男性退伍军人，并对他们进行了终身身体和性创伤评估。结果表明，96%的样本在其一生中经历过某种形式的受害; 60%的人报告了儿童期的身体虐待，41%的儿童期性虐待，93%的成年期身体侵犯，20%的成年期性侵犯。仅在前一年，46%的人经历过身体或性侵犯。这些研究结果支持需要例行调查的历史，非战斗受害者在这一队列。确定创伤暴露的一生史可能对随后发展PTSD的脆弱性和未来暴力的风险有影响。
Because of the high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veteran men and the limited research on victimization in this group, we recruited 133 male veterans with combat-related PTSD from a psychiatric inpatient unit and assessed them for lifetime physical and sexual trauma. Results indicated that 96% of the sample had experienced some form of victimization over their lifetimes; 60% reported childhood physical abuse, 41% childhood sexual abuse, 93% adulthood physical assault, and 20% adulthood sexual assault. In the preceding year alone, 46% experienced either physical or sexual assault. These findings support the need for routine inquiry into the histories of noncombat victimization in this cohort. Determining the lifetime history of trauma exposure may have implications for vulnerability to subsequent development of PTSD and the risk of future violence.