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  • How one Army Veteran confronted military sexual trauma

    How one Army Veteran confronted military sexual trauma

    Army Veteran Yvonne Grissett’s difficult journey with Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD and alcohol. She describes her VA treatment as “Powerful.” Today, she is a Peer Support Specialist helping Veterans.

  • Military Sexual Trauma coordinators are ready to help

    Military Sexual Trauma coordinators are ready to help

    Veterans can receive care for MST even if they are not eligible for other VA care, and no documentation of the MST experience is required.

  • VA Military Sexual Trauma program enables trust

    VA Military Sexual Trauma program enables trust

    Over 250 Veterans have participated in the Courage Group, part of a Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Military Sexual Trauma program.

  • Creating pathways to healing: VA supports Military Sexual Trauma survivors

    Creating pathways to healing: VA supports Military Sexual Trauma survivors

    Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual observance in [...]

  • Army Veteran’s history of Military Sexual Trauma

    Army Veteran’s history of Military Sexual Trauma

    Army Veteran shares the graphic details of her life dealing with sexual trauma…so others will see how VA’s treatment programs “made her life livable.” “Wow, I am not the only one!”

  • Veteran victims of military sexual trauma helped with telehealth technology

    Veteran victims of military sexual trauma helped with telehealth technology

    The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System is expanding therapy services [...]

  • Speaking up, moving forward: VA supports survivors of military sexual trauma

    Speaking up, moving forward: VA supports survivors of military sexual trauma

    At VA, Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma have access to a wide range of services to assist them in their recovery free of charge.

  • VA offers free Military Sexual Trauma health care services to Veterans regardless of service-connected status

    VA offers free Military Sexual Trauma health care services to Veterans regardless of service-connected status

    Know that MST is an experience, not a diagnosis or a condition in and of itself. Veterans may react in a wide variety of ways and not every MST survivor will have long-term difficulties following the experience.

  • Military Sexual Trauma – how one Veteran freed herself from fear

    Military Sexual Trauma – how one Veteran freed herself from fear

    For Army Veteran Laura Beyer, life as she knew it [...]

  • The Invisible War—A Look into Military Sexual Trauma

    The Invisible War—A Look into Military Sexual Trauma

    U.S. Air Force Veteran

    As a combat zone Veteran with five deployments to the Middle East supporting the Persian Gulf War, I receive disability compensation and treatment at VA for PTSD and MST. Yes, MST is a real issue and needs to be treated, and yes, VA could be doing a better job, but will this documentary help?

  • VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on prescribing safety, sexual trauma and dementia

    VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on prescribing safety, sexual trauma and dementia

    VA Research highlights new findings on an prescribing safety initiative, sexual trauma treatment, and dementia.

  • VA briefs lawmakers on domestic and sexual violence programs

    VA briefs lawmakers on domestic and sexual violence programs

    VA recently briefed Senators Joni Ernst and Kirsten Gillibrand on VA's efforts for improving care programs for domestic and sexual violence survivors.

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