They are eligible for mental health care and services.
But to follow on, isn't the betrayal also that they have to tell their dad, or their dad is the decisionmaker.
It is crucial for VA and others to continue expanding the research base on how gender shapes reactions to and recovery from MST.
The purpose is to instill confidence by the victims.
Dr. Guice and Dr. McCutcheon, are there gaps in the hand-off between DOD and VA?
Many of these same survivors have said that after the assault, they still wanted to stay in the military.
The VA has sponsored significant research on the links between sexual assault and harassment, PTSD, and suicide.
Dr. McCutcheon and Dr. Bell, do you believe there should be different treatment programs for male and female survivors?
When sexual assault survivors are still actively receiving behavioral health care at the time of separation from the Service, they are linke...
We are not done by any means. We are very cognizant that we have a lot more work to do.
Dr. Guice, is connecting the survivors to VA services part of the mandate of this program? If so, how? If not, why?