“…Female veterans are especially prone to stress from traumatic events, with 92% reporting at least one episode and 43% developing associated PTSD; threatened or perpetrated military sexual trauma (MST) can pose a more significant predictor of PTSD than other traumas combined (Yaeger, Himmelfarb, Cammack, & Mintz, 2006). MST was cited by female veterans as the worst traumatization (68.3%) over physical assault (15.8%) and combat (5.6%) (Schnurr, Friedman, & Engel, 2007) and was found closely associated with increased victimization after discharge (Sadler, Booth, Mengeling, & Doebbeling, 2004).…”