What is military sexual trauma?

Military Sexual Trauma is unwanted sexual activity that occurs while in the military, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.

How do members experience military sexual trauma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with military sexual trauma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for military sexual trauma*

Who has military sexual trauma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 10
40s 21
50s 30
60s 31
70+ 11

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 16
Female 87

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What is military sexual trauma?

Military Sexual Trauma is unwanted sexual activity that occurs while in the military, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.



Common symptoms reported by people with military sexual trauma

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for military sexual trauma

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Compare treatments taken by people with military sexual trauma

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Who has military sexual trauma on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 43 say MST is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 10
40s 21
50s 30
60s 31
70+ 11

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 16
Female 87

These charts show data from MST patients who have completed their condition history
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